The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients' recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours ...

preventing it from entering the lungs. If the embolus is very large or causing significant strain on the heart, your healthcare team may recommend an embolectomy to surgically remove the clot or ...

Therefore, the NHS urges people to call 999 or go to A&E if you have symptoms of DVT (deep vein thrombosis), such as pain and ...

Akura Medical, Inc., a privately held portfolio company of Shifamed LLC that is developing treatments for venous thromboembolis ...

Akura Medical has enrolled the first subject in the multi-centre QUADRA-PE trial, which is assessing its flagship Katana ...

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery ...

"With this trial, the hope is to provide physicians with continuous, real-time pulmonary artery pressure readings throughout the entire procedure to streamline the removal of the blood clot." ...

Traveling often includes sitting for periods of time, which can increase your chances of developing a deep vein thrombosis, a type of blood clot that forms in a large vein. Part of the clot can break ...