This may facilitate or impair the clot removal procedure. In this study, only 10% of patients whose clots had a higher composition of red blood cell count and a lower composition of platelets died ...

For the first time, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association recommends using a stent retrieval device to remove blood clots in select stroke patients who have clots obstructing the ...

The ENRICH trial, showing improved functional outcomes with surgical clot evacuation plus medical management, has now been published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The trial results were ...

Patients who undergo general anesthesia while receiving a specialized surgery to treat strokes have better outcomes than patients who are moderately sedated, according to new research led by UTHealth ...

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery resulted in stroke survivors being more likely to have better function 90 days ...

On Feb.19 Trident Medical Center became the first hospital in South Carolina to perform a endovascular large burden blood clot removal. Juanita Jackson, 56, became the first patient in South Carolina ...

A major international analysis of 2,313 patients, median age 71, found that giving an IV clot-busting drug before mechanical clot removal modestly increases brain-bleeding risk compared with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 15 million people suffer a stroke every year worldwide. Ischemic strokes caused ...

(Reuters) - Grabbing and removing a clot blocking blood flow to the brain, rather than just administering clot-busting drugs, dramatically improves the likelihood that patients will recover from a ...

Researchers at Stanford University say they have developed a more effective way to treat strokes. The new technology, called the milli-spinner thrombectomy, has been shown to have more successful ...

Illustration of a sinusoidal thrombus capture wire positioned between two expandable spheres, designed for effective clot removal in vascular procedures. The distal sphere expands to anchor and ...