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A Blood Clot is a mass of blood that forms when blood platelets, proteins, and cells stick together. When a blood clot is attached to the wall of a blood vessel, it is called a thrombus. When it moves through the bloodstream and blocks the flow of blood in another part of the body, it is called an embolus.

New oral blood-thinning drugs may have dangerous interactions when taken with prescription drugs : Study

Three new oral blood-thinning drugs nearing approval by the Food and Drug Administration are more convenient than the standard drug Coumadin® because they do not require monthly visits to adjust doses.

2 Jun 2010

Concentric Medical receives expanded indication for DAC family of neurovascular catheters

Concentric Medical, Inc., the global leader in devices for clot removal in ischemic stroke patients, today announced an important expanded indication for the full line of DAC™ Neurovascular Catheters. CE Mark was granted allowing the DAC family of distal access catheters to be used for the removal/aspiration of fresh, soft emboli and thrombi from vessels in the arterial system, including the neurovasculature.

2 Jun 2010

Heart attack patients treated beyond maximum recommended time have increased mortality: Study

An examination of the treatment received by patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack) at 80 hospitals in Quebec indicates that those who received either primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI; such as angioplasty) or fibrinolysis (administration of medication to dissolve blood clots) beyond the times recommended in international guidelines had a significantly increased risk of death within 30 days, along with an increased risk of the combined outcome of death or readmission for heart attack or heart failure at one year, according to a study in the June 2 issue of JAMA.

2 Jun 2010

CoaguSense unveils first portable point-of-care PT/INR Monitoring System for patients on oral anticoagulants

CoaguSense™, Inc., a diagnostic device company that has been in stealth mode for the past two years, today unveiled the first portable point-of-care Prothrombin Time/International Normalized Ratio (PT/INR) analyzer to directly detect blood clotting time for patients stabilized on oral anti-coagulation medications such as Coumadin® or warfarin.

2 Jun 2010

Stanford Hospital & Clinics uses endovascular laser technology to retrieve permanently embedded IVC filters

Over the years, Susan Karnstedt had gotten used to the intermittent pain in her abdomen, chalking it up to her diet, or perhaps to her physically active lifestyle, as a water skier and yoga enthusiast.

28 May 2010

Women with recurrent miscarriages can have successful pregnancy with supportive care

For women who have multiple miscarriages, the pain of repeated loss is often compounded by another reality. The causes behind miscarriage are complex and often difficult to identify, and even those conditions and associations proposed as causes are poorly understood.

28 May 2010

InfraReDx's LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System to be featured at EuroPCR 2010

InfraReDx, Inc., an innovative medical device company focused on developing novel diagnostic imaging technologies to accurately identify and characterize diseased coronary tissue and guide therapeutic interventions, today announced that its next-generation LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System will be featured at EuroPCR 2010, an international educational conference focused on introducing the latest techniques, updates and breakthrough science to the interventional cardiology community.

27 May 2010

Researchers use new imaging technique to view microvessels in the brains of living mice

Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have identified in mice a previously unknown protective mechanism by which the smallest blood vessels remove blood clots and other blockages from the brain. The findings provide insights into mechanisms that may be involved in age-related cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease and recovery from stroke.

27 May 2010

Research findings offer possible applications in diagnosis and treatment of patients with atherosclerosis

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have shown that use of magnetic resonance imaging in an animal model can non-invasively identify dangerous plaques. The findings, which appear in the May issue of Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, offer possible applications in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with atherosclerosis.

26 May 2010

Abbott reports positive 6-month results from bioresorbable vascular scaffold trial at EuroPCR 2010

Abbott today announced positive six-month results from the first 45 patients enrolled in the second stage of the ABSORB trial, which was presented during the Late-Breaking Clinical Trials session at the EuroPCR 2010 conference. At six months, Abbott's bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) demonstrated strong results, with a low (4.4 percent) rate of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and no blood clots (thromboses).

26 May 2010

Anaheim Regional Medical Center uses Arctic Sun cooling device to protect a patient from brain damage

A day after delivering her fourth child at Anaheim Regional Medical Center in Anaheim, California last December, 34-year-old Brynn Ervin suffered a cardiac arrest, the result of massive blood clots lodged in the main arteries that take blood to her lungs. Desperate to save the life of the young mother, the cardiac arrest team performed 95 minutes of CPR.

25 May 2010

DAPT Study expands into seven countries in the EU: HCRI

The Harvard Clinical Research Institute announced today that the DAPT Study has expanded into seven countries in the European Union. John Irving, MBChB, MRCP, M.D., consultant cardiologist at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, United Kingdom, was the first European investigator to enroll patients into the study.

25 May 2010

Stentys receives CE Marking for drug-eluting stent

Stentys announced today that it has received CE Marking for its drug-eluting stent.

25 May 2010

Volcano reports successful completion of cases with second generation OCT catheter and system

Volcano Corporation announced today the successful completion of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) cases with Volcano's second generation OCT catheter and system. Pending IDE approval, Volcano plans to use this OCT system in the US and South America as part of VOILA, a U.S. regulatory trial during 2010. Commercial release of Volcano's OCT system is expected in Europe in early 2011 and in the U.S. in mid-2011.

21 May 2010

Blood clot-related strokes decrease among whites for the first time: Study

The incidence of blood clot-related strokes fell among whites in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area for the first time, according to long-term surveillance study representative of strokes in blacks and whites nationwide reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

21 May 2010

Elevated levels of Lp-PLA2 associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease

A meta-analysis of approximately 80,000 individuals from 32 prospective studies was published in The Lancet on May 1, 2010. The data shows that elevated levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), a vascular-specific inflammatory enzyme, are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease similar in magnitude to that with non-HDL cholesterol or systolic blood pressure.

20 May 2010

Statins may play role in lowering risk of clot-related diseases: Study

Individuals at risk for clot-related diseases may benefit from taking common cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Connecticut.

17 May 2010

Catheter ablation treatment reduces risks associated with atrial fibrillation

New findings by researchers from the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, reveals treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder that affects more than two million Americans significantly reduces the risk of stroke, mortality, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.

14 May 2010

New case report addresses diagnostic significance of CT and MRI for DCF

Duodenocaval fistula is an uncommon but lethal clinical entity. The high mortality has been attributed to the difficulty of diagnosis before attempts at definitive therapy.

13 May 2010

Drug-releasing stents do not result in fewer deaths or subsequent heart attacks after angioplasty

Drug-releasing stents are more effective than bare metal stents at keeping a blocked artery open after angioplasty, but the difference does not result in fewer deaths or subsequent heart attacks after the procedure, according to a review of recent studies.

12 May 2010

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New oral blood-thinning drugs may have dangerous interactions when taken with prescription drugs : Study

Concentric Medical receives expanded indication for DAC family of neurovascular catheters

Heart attack patients treated beyond maximum recommended time have increased mortality: Study

CoaguSense unveils first portable point-of-care PT/INR Monitoring System for patients on oral anticoagulants

Stanford Hospital & Clinics uses endovascular laser technology to retrieve permanently embedded IVC filters

Women with recurrent miscarriages can have successful pregnancy with supportive care

InfraReDx's LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System to be featured at EuroPCR 2010

Researchers use new imaging technique to view microvessels in the brains of living mice

Research findings offer possible applications in diagnosis and treatment of patients with atherosclerosis

Abbott reports positive 6-month results from bioresorbable vascular scaffold trial at EuroPCR 2010

Anaheim Regional Medical Center uses Arctic Sun cooling device to protect a patient from brain damage

DAPT Study expands into seven countries in the EU: HCRI

Stentys receives CE Marking for drug-eluting stent

Volcano reports successful completion of cases with second generation OCT catheter and system

Blood clot-related strokes decrease among whites for the first time: Study

Elevated levels of Lp-PLA2 associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease

Statins may play role in lowering risk of clot-related diseases: Study

Catheter ablation treatment reduces risks associated with atrial fibrillation

New case report addresses diagnostic significance of CT and MRI for DCF

Drug-releasing stents do not result in fewer deaths or subsequent heart attacks after angioplasty

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