Clot-removing procedure appears safe for pregnant stroke patients
Physically removing a blood clot in the brain is a safe and effective treatment for pregnant women having a stroke, a new study suggests.
Sep 20, 2021
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Physically removing a blood clot in the brain is a safe and effective treatment for pregnant women having a stroke, a new study suggests.
Sep 20, 2021
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In a pilot program in New York City, instead of transferring stroke patients to a specialized stroke center, a mobile interventional stroke team (MIST) traveled to the patient to perform emergency stroke surgery resulting ...
Aug 5, 2021
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In certain patients suffering a severe ischemic stroke, a mechanical device can be used to remove a clot blocking blood flow to the brain. The minimally invasive procedure either suctions the clot directly out of a large ...
Aug 11, 2020
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Expanding standard techniques during mechanical thrombectomy—a procedure that removes a clot from an artery during stroke—allows researchers to reproducibly obtain and study local leukocyte populations during human stroke, ...
Aug 8, 2020
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A new research letter reveals fewer people have been admitted to stroke centers in Michigan and northwest Ohio since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, and significantly fewer patients received a mechanical thrombectomy ...
Jun 9, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Endovascular thrombectomy alone is noninferior to endovascular thrombectomy preceded by intravenous alteplase for patients with acute ischemic stroke from large-vessel occlusion, according to a study published ...
May 7, 2020
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Timely treatment is critical for stroke victims, yet only 19.8% of the U.S. population can access a stroke center capable of endovascular thrombectomy to remove a large clot in 15 minutes or less by ambulance, according to ...
Mar 3, 2020
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Both simple and advanced computed tomography (CT) were effective in accurately predicting which stroke patients would benefit from endovascular thrombectomy to remove a large cerebral clot, but together they were even better, ...
Jan 22, 2020
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The use of clot retrieval devices to treat patients with ischemic stroke has risen steadily since the technology was first approved by the FDA nearly eight years ago. The minimally invasive procedure, known as mechanical ...
Sep 26, 2019
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Every second counts for stroke patients, as studies show they can lose up to 27 million brain cells per minute. Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) recently published new findings ...
Aug 7, 2019
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