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Suspect Thrombus With Signs of Early Valve Degeneration

Cardiologists have identified what they believe is a new phenomenon: thrombosis on the transcatheter heart valve after TAVI, which presents atypically, often with no visible thrombus but with symptoms...

DSMB Says TASTE Study of Thrombus Aspiration Should Continue

Investigators for the largest-ever trial of thrombus aspiration in MI have been surprised by a DSMB decision to recommend further recruitment. The results of the TASTE study are eagerly awaited to inf...

World's First Chlorhexidine Protected Antimicrobial PICC now proven to reduce thrombus accumulation on catheter surfaces for at least 30 days

World's First Chlorhexidine Protected Antimicrobial PICC now proven to reduce thrombus accumulation on catheter surfaces for at least 30 days LIMERICK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2012-- Teleflex I...

AngioDynamics Earns FDA Clearance for First Vascular Access Product With BioFlo Technology to Reduce Catheter-Related Thrombus

ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 29, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AngioDynamics (Nasdaq:ANGO), a leading provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular dis...

Cancer biology: Mystery over blood clots

New study reveals why portal vein thrombus primarily occurs in liver cancer patients from developing countries

Cardio Notes: Echo Identifies Fresh Thrombus

(MedPage Today) -- A novel ultrasound technique may help prevent stroke after a heart attack. Also this week, homing in on ways to better treat idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

BIOTRONIK Launches the 3Flow Aspiration Catheter for Improved Thrombus Aspiration

BUELACH, SWITZERLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 11/13/12 -- BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of innovative medical technology, today launched its 3Flow Aspiration Catheter. The catheter is specifically desi...

Blended Polymer Reduces Catheter-Related Thrombus

Novel peripherally inserted central catheters have been designed to reduce the accumulation of catheter-related thrombus on and in the...

A free-floating left atrial thrombus develops intermittent entrapment in the mid-ventricle during diastole.

Free-floating left atrial thrombi are rare. Here we report a case of a 75-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation who was admitted for treatment of acute myocardial infarction. A free-floating left at...

Thrombus imaging in acute ischaemic stroke using thin-slice unenhanced CT: comparison of conventional sequential CT and helical CT.

OBJECTIVES: Thin-slice helical unenhanced CT can be used for thrombus imaging but increases radiation exposure. Conventional sequential images obtained by multidetector CT can be reconstructed into th...

Intracardiac Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Thrombus Formation in the Left Atrial Appendage: A Complementary Role to Transesophageal Echocardiography.

BACKGROUND: We sought to develop and validate an intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) imaging strategy for evaluation of left atrial (LA) appendage (LAA) anatomy and function to clarify equivocal findi...

Cardiac thrombus associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

Thrombosis is a very rare complication of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. We report the case of a previously healthy nine-year-old boy with cardiac thrombus in the right ventricle associated with M....

Partial Thrombus Resolution With Trofiban in a Pregnant Woman With Mechanical Prosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis.

We present a 15-week pregnant woman who developed mechanical mitral valve thrombosis on a fixed dose of enoxaparin therapy 60 mg twice daily. No reductions were observed in the thrombus size or mean m...