ONE hundred and ninety saddle emboli at the aortic bifurcation have been reported to date. To these we are adding 3 cases, making a total of 193. Two of our 3 patients were treated by embolectomy, and ...

Tissue plasminogen activator can improve neurologic outcome after acute ischemic stroke (AIS); however, as an intravenous or catheter-based treatment strategy, it is not suitable for all AIS patients.

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Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy Outcomes Not Affected by Thrombus Location Surgical pulmonary embolectomy for peripheral distribution of thrombus demonstrated positive outcomes in patients with either ...

Between 1983 and 2003, 877 embolectomies of peripheral arteries were performed at our institution. Among them there were 11 patients (1.26%) with some unusual causes of arterial embolization (8 males ...

Recently Sir Thomas Lewis, eminent London heart specialist, made a special study of how an arm or leg dies when an embolus (floating clot) plugs a main artery which feeds blood to that limb. Competent ...

Mechanical embolectomy performed with general instead of local anesthesia is associated with worse clinical outcomes and poorer survival, according to an article published online March 25, 2014, ahead ...

Dyspnea and hypotension developed in a 35-year-old woman about 24 hours after an apparently uncomplicated cesarean delivery at term. The patient was acutely distressed and fully conscious, with a ...

To the Editor: I read with great interest the paper entitled "Successful Unilateral Pulmonary Embolectomy without Cardiopulmonary Bypass," which appeared in the October 1 issue of the Journal, and I ...

Applied Medical is recalling 19,400 of their Python embolectomy catheters, Bard embolectomy catheters, and OTW Latis cleaning catheters because the catheter tip could detach during use. If this ...