In a "real-world" international study comprising 1,000 patients, nearly half of stroke survivors achieved good to ideal outcomes at three months after the stroke if they had received mechanical clot ...

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 ...

Patients who have lower extremity proximal deep vein thrombosis (LE-DVT), or a blood clot in their leg, are increasingly undergoing minimally invasive catheter-based blood clot removal - also referred ...

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 ...

Inari Medical has updated use instructions for its ClotTriever XL catheter after four injuries and six deaths were reported in association with the device. The ClotTriever XL is used for removing ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's a surgical procedure that will save hundreds of lives and it was developed right here in Jacksonville. Until recently, patients with potentially lethal blood clots 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 ...