During an ischemic stroke, blood vessels in the brain are blocked or narrowed. During a hemorrhagic stroke, there's bleeding into the brain. The first treatment for stroke is to potentially offer a ...

The Food and Drug Administration will allow two clot retrieval devices to be used in conjunction with a clot-dissolving drug as an initial treatment for strokes caused by blood clots. The Trevo ...

Stroke survivors were more likely to have little or no disability after 90 days if a clot was removed from a large brain artery followed by the injection of the clot-dissolving medication tenecteplase ...

Oct. 2 -- MONDAY, Sept. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Even as they digest the latest news on what dose of the clot-dissolving drug Plavix is best during angioplasty, cardiologists are looking at the next ...

Light responsive nanomotors dissolve blood clots and repair vessel tissue by combining catalytic activity, targeted motion, and gentle heating for coordinated thrombolysis and endothelial regeneration ...

A new study from UNC School of Medicine researchers, published this week in Blood, provides fresh insight into how the body forms and dissolves blood clots—and may help reshape how doctors treat ...

Drugs used to break up blood clots in the lungs may lower the risk of death, but they also increase the risk of bleeding, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from 16 trials involving use of ...

Blood clots in the lungs, also known as pulmonary embolisms, can be a serious medical condition that affects your overall health. A pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot, typically originating ...

MEXICO IN THE LOW AND MID 90S. UP BLOOD CLOTTING INSIDE YOUR VEINS. IT CAN LEAD TO SOME BIGGER HEALTH ISSUES. KOAT, UNM HEALTH EXPERT DOCTOR ASH SHOWS US THE RISK. YOU KNOW BLOOD CLOTS CAN FORM IN ANY ...

My neighbor had a stroke and received a “clot buster” medication. Then, I found out my uncle had a surgery after a stroke.