What to know about SCAD, a less common type of heart attack that disproportionately affects women
A spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD, leads to bleeding inside the artery wall. A survivor shares her symptoms.
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Intra-Arterial Lytics Find Redemption as Adjuncts to Endovascular Stroke Therapy
LOS ANGELES -- For patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes, researchers found ways to make adjunctive ...
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Anticoagulants No More Dangerous Than Aspirin for Bleeds: Annals
Some clinicians prefer aspirin when balancing bleeding risk with the indication for an anticoagulant, Barnes said, reasoning ...
Removing large brain artery clot, chased with clot-buster shot may improve stroke outcomes
Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery ...
‘Within millimeters of accuracy’: Surgeons can practice on realistic bleeding models of their patients
Doctors from Johns Hopkins University brought their groundbreaking practice ‘patient’ to Florida International University — a ...
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Intra-Arterial Lytics After Successful Stroke Thrombectomy Did Not Improve Outcomes
only tenecteplase was associated with an increase in any radiologic intracranial hemorrhage at 48 hours. For stroke patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy, adjunctive intra-arterial ...
Inmate on dialysis bleeds to death while serving life sentence in Missouri prison
James Pointer was in his housing unit at the Moberly Correctional Center when the cap on a femoral catheter became dislodged ...
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Endovascular Therapy Fails to Show Benefit in Distal Occlusion Stroke
Use of endovascular thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by occlusions in distal vessels has failed to ...
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FDA amplifies BD atherectomy safety alert following 4 deaths
The FDA is getting the word out on a high-risk issue related to artery-clearing catheters from BD’s Bard Peripheral Vascular ...