The majority of peripheral arterial embolizations have an underlying cardiac cause. Cranley found the heart to be the source of emboli in 90% of cases, proximal arterial disease in 1%, and rare ...

In a recent review of 426 arterial emboli in 260 patients, approximately one tenth involved visceral organs, about one fifth were lodged in cerebral vessels, and more than two thirds were to major ...

Introduction Genicular artery embolisation (GAE) is an innovative procedure in interventional radiology that has emerged as ...

Surmodics (Nasdaq:SRDX) today announced the successful early clinical use of its Pounce XL thrombectomy system.

small components of the intra-arterial emboli could be dissolved, aiding microvascular reperfusion," explained a trio led by Diederik Dippel, MD, PhD, of Erasmus University Medical Center in ...

Pulmonary embolism is the sudden blockage of a major blood vessel (artery) in the lung, usually by a blood clot. In most cases, the clots are small and aren't deadly, but they can damage the lung. But ...

All About Pulmonary Embolism Pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot formed in a blood vessel (often in the leg) gets lodged in an artery in the lung, blocking blood flow to that part of the lung.

Almost 800,000 total knee replacements (TKRs) are done in the U.S. every year, offering many folks a chance to reclaim total mobility. But the surgery is complex, recovery demanding, and it can pose ...

Among them there were 11 patients (1.26%) with some unusual causes of arterial embolization (8 males and 3 females; mean age 49.5 years [range 25-73 years]), and these patients were included in ...