A 42-year-old man of Pakistani origin presented with pain and pallor of sudden onset in his left upper limb. His past history included hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, sleep apnea, diabetes ...

Aortic thrombus and mural thrombus represent critical yet often under‐recognised sources of systemic embolisation. These lesions can occur in both normal and minimally atherosclerotic aortas, posing ...

A thrombus is a blood clot in the circulatory system. It attaches to the site at which it formed and remains there, hindering blood flow. Doctors describe the development of a thrombus as thrombosis.

The clinical effect of routine intracoronary thrombus aspiration before primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is ...

The developing thrombus in a living mouse after vessel-wall injury (Panel A) is characterized by the deposition of platelets (red), tissue factor (green), and fibrin (blue). Platelet thrombus ...

The aorta, the body's main artery, is being given a special honour of the medical world: recognition as an independent human organ. "This is a big step," says Martin Czerny from the Freiburg ...

CHICAGO, IL—Patients who develop thrombus in the left ventricle following myocardial infarction fare equally well when treated with rivaroxaban (Xarelto; Bayer/Janssen) as they do with warfarin, the ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. - The presence of a blood clot on the wall of the aorta in people with abdominal aortic aneurysms is associated with more rapid, potentially dangerous growth in the aneurysm, according ...

Vascular. 2010;18(1):41-44. As a consequence of the widespread availability of advanced diagnostic tests, thoracic aorta thrombi will continue to be diagnosed with increased frequency, particularly in ...

In people with abdominal aortic aneurysms, the presence of blood clot was linked to a more rapid, potentially dangerous growth in the aneurysm, according to a major study published in the journal ...