Routine use of the Fogarty embolectomy catheter after cardiac catheterization through a brachial arteriotomy in 25 patients was associated with a decline in major and minor complications from 28 to ...

In the 1960s and the 1970s, balloon catheter thrombectomy, first introduced by Fogarty et al., [5] became the cornerstone of therapy. Interestingly, this marked the beginning of catheter-based ...

Thrombectomy and embolectomy are two procedures used to treat two different types of blood clots by inserting a tube into a blood ... A thin tube called a catheter is inserted into your blood vessel.

Catheter-directed thrombolysis is associated with a lower risk for major bleeding compared with mechanical thrombectomy. Image: Adobe Stock “Over the last few years, we have had an incredibly ...

Researchers have developed a novel device that quite literally spins away the clots that block blood flow to the brain and ...

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imperative Care, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the 82cm version of its Symphony™ 16F Catheter, the company ...

Thrombectomy is a surgical procedure that typically uses a catheter to remove blood clots from vessels. Penumbra has developed a microprocessor with thrombus removal algorithms that, combined with ...

The primary outcome was functional status as determined by the shift analysis of the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 90 days. This suggested a worse outcome in the balloon guide catheter group ...

Long Beach, Calif. – May 3, 2024 – New data from the Acute Pulmonary Embolism Extraction Trial with the AlphaVac System (APEX-AV) demonstrated that catheter-directed mechanical thrombectomy is ...

Over the last decade, catheter-based interventions for intermediate- and high-risk PE, including catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) and large-bore mechanical thrombectomy (LBMT), have been ...