An acute pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot blocks one or more vessels in the lung. In patients at moderate or high ...

“In these first cases, the Vertex system was successful in safely navigating through the right heart and into the pulmonary vasculature, facilitating an efficient and effective pulmonary embolectomy ...

Trial of ultrasound-based, catheter-directed thrombolysis is one of several anticipated st ...

High-risk patients with acute pulmonary embolism can benefit from targeted ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed therapy, as demonstrated by a large international clinical study under the ...

Mr. Simpson, a man in his late 50s had come to the office with a sprained knee. But as he told his story, it was clear that wasn’t the main ...

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) announced positive data from a randomized clinical trial evaluating its EKOS endovascular system.

Despite being costly and of little proven benefit, a procedure for treating pulmonary embolism with blood clot filters is routinely used in older adults, Yale School of Medicine researchers and their ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have recently released the first guideline ...

This was supplied in sterile, heat-treated form (60°C for ten hours for the purpose of virus inactivation) by Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, under contract with the National Heart Institute. The ...

A 51-year-old woman experienced a life-threatening pulmonary embolism, a massive blood clot in her lungs, following months of ...