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APRIL 4, 2024

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American Heart News - Heart News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Research Highlights: An analysis of more than 1,300 stroke survivors found that women were less likely than their male counterparts to take medications, such as cholesterol-lowering statins and blood thinning medications to prevent blood clots, to.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Some patients who receive heart valve implants develop dangerous blood clots, and researchers from the University of Waterloo contributed to an international collaboration that reduces the risk.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A large study found that greater exposure to long-term air pollution was linked with increased risks for blood clots that can occur in deep veins, which, if untreated, can block blood flow and cause serious complications, even death.

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American Heart News - Stroke News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Research Highlights: Hospital beds for stroke patients are typically elevated at the head, however, a flat head position before surgical removal of a blood clot in the brain (thrombectomy) may lead to better outcomes. Results from a multicenter trial.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Platelets are circulating cell fragments known to clump up and form blood clots that stop bleeding in injured vessels.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Researchers have analysed the effects of seven different hormone treatments for menopausal symptoms on the risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack. The study, which involved around one million women aged between 50 and 58, is the largest and most comprehensive study of currently prescribed hormonal substances in the world.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

researchers have developed a coating that could make medical devices safer for millions of patients, reducing the risks associated with blood clots and dangerous bleeding. University of B.C. The work has been published in Nature Materials.

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DAIC

JANUARY 29, 2024

Of these patients, 758 developed blood clots that moved to the lungs after surgery. New research presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ Annual Meeting found that patients with postoperative PE had increased 30-day mortality, reintubation, and readmission rates.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A blood clot (0.86 Fluoroscopy showed the position of the radiopaque blood clot remains the same for 24 h after creating the model in 12 of 13 cases (92%). Fluoroscopy was able to identify whether the blood clot could migrate and recanalize.

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DAIC

MAY 16, 2024

Much of our early treatment options and long-term prognosis depend on this simple score, as strokes due to blood clots can grow without intervention.” Thankfully, the majority of strokes are not due to large vessel occlusion, or due to blood clots in vessels supplying large areas of the brain,” she said.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Visualization of the blood vessels in the brain of a patient without early venous filling, meaning without excessive reperfusion of the brain area after removal of the blood clot in the blocked artery. Image courtesy of P. Thurner und Z.

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Science Daily - Stroke

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Doctors and pharmacists treating people with blood thinners can reduce the rate of inappropriate dosing -- as well as blood clots and strokes that can result from it -- using an electronic patient management system, a study suggests. Direct oral anticoagulants can be incorrectly prescribed up to 20% of the time.

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DAIC

APRIL 24, 2024

Blood clots are the third most common vascular disease. Almost one million patients suffer from peripheral blood clots that must be treated each year, and up to 33% of them suffer long-term complications, according to the Center for Disease Control.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a fast and irregular heart rhythm that, left untreated, can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure. It's the most common type of arrhythmia, a potentially serious condition in which the heart beats too quickly, too slowly or in an irregular pattern.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

However, new research suggests that DOACs should not be the first line of treatment for every patient who needs to treat or prevent blood clots.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Antithrombotic agents (blood thinners), which prevent blood clots from forming, are widely used to prevent thromboembolic events such as ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction.

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DAIC

MARCH 8, 2024

As an alternative therapeutic option, LVAD heart pumps have been implanted to help patients with end-stage heart failure sustain blood circulation in the body. However, there are shortcomings associated with LVAD implantation: complications include infection, blood clotting (thrombosis), stroke and bleeding.

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DAIC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Investing in stroke centers and WHO recommended treatments including mechanical thrombectomy, a minimally invasive technique for removing the blood clot from the brain artery that caused the stroke, has the potential to improve hundreds of thousands of lives. If you enjoy this content, please share it with a colleague

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DAIC

JANUARY 16, 2024

“In what is often a race against time, CAT RX designed for speed, safety and simplicity will allow physicians to restore blood flow in acute MI patients.”

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For people taking popular blood thinners after having a blood clot, a reduced dose may limit the future risk of bleeding as well as hospital visits, a Michigan Medicine-led study suggests.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

trial presented during the International Stroke Conference found that while hospital beds for stroke patients are typically elevated at the head, a flat head position before surgical removal of a blood clot in the brain (thrombectomy) may lead to better outcomes. Late-breaking science from a multi-center U.S. 9 in Phoenix, AZ.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 12, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 12/12/2023 - 07:00 December 12, 2023 — Patients who received the anticoagulant drug warfarin after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement had lower incidence of mortality and a decreased risk of blood clots, according to a retrospective study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Doctors and pharmacists treating people with blood thinners can reduce the rate of inappropriate dosing—as well as blood clots and strokes that can result from it—using an electronic patient management system, a study suggests.

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DAIC

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

AZALEA-TIMI 71 Antiplatelet Therapy Patient Details Patient Population: Out of the 1,287 patients enrolled in the study, 318 (25%) were already taking antiplatelet therapy (APT), which is medication to prevent blood clots.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The irregular heartbeat due to AFib can cause blood to pool in the heart and form blood clots, which can then contribute to strokes. To prevent these complications in people with known AFib, clinicians often prescribe anticoagulants—drugs that prevent blood clots— as well as other lifestyle and medical therapies.

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DAIC

APRIL 4, 2024

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) procedures are done to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation by sealing off the left atrial appendage, preventing the formation of blood clots.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Large Vessel Occlusion Acute ischemic Strokes (LVO-AIS) are considered to be the most debilitating strokes which occur due to blockage of large cerebral arteries usually from blood clots or plaque build up.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

DECEMBER 8, 2023

After bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement, patients who took the oral drug warfarin had better outcomes including lower mortality rates and fewer blood clots, according to new research from Rochester, Minn.-based based Mayo Clinic.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Multiple thrombectomy scenarios were defined and validation analysis was performed.Results:We defined multiple thrombectomy scenarios including 1 cm red blood clot in M1 artery, 2 cm bifurcation M1-M2 red blood clot (Y-shaped clot), 1 cm white blood clot in M1 artery, and 1 cm white blood clot in superior M2 artery.

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DAIC

APRIL 9, 2024

Some patients need computed tomography or transoesophageal echocardiography to exclude the presence of a blood clot in the heart. Blood thinners should not be interrupted before catheter ablation and patients should receive specific instructions from their healthcare provider on continuing their medication.

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DAIC

MAY 1, 2024

Müller milla1cf Wed, 05/01/2024 - 12:07 May 1, 2024 — In an ischemic stroke, an artery in the brain is blocked by blood clots and the brain cells can no longer be supplied with blood as a result. Image courtesy of University Hospital Bonn (UKB) / R.

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DAIC

APRIL 6, 2024

In addition, patients treated with CSL112 were 32% less likely to have a heart attack caused by a blood clot in a stent (a tiny mesh tube inserted into an artery to prevent it from becoming blocked) at 90 days and 29% less likely at 180 days.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Researchers at Umeå University have previously shown that COVID-19 leads to an increased risk of blood clots, myocardial infarction and stroke. Over one million individuals with COVID-19 and over four million control individuals were included in this nationwide study, which is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 14, 2023

When diagnosed with a blood clot or atrial fibrillation, patients are often prescribed anticoagulants, or blood thinners, to prevent a future clot.

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DAIC

JANUARY 19, 2024

A heart attack is usually caused by a blood clot in an artery leading to the heart and is seldom fatal. “Particularly, his contributions to the sudden cardiac arrest medical knowledge base have changed the way we think about this deadly condition that we might be able to prevent on a larger scale.”

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Data was analyzed using SPSS 23 (IBM, Armonk, NY)ResultsWe defined multiple thrombectomy scenarios including 1 cm red blood clot in M1 artery, 2 cm bifurcation M1‐M2 red blood clot (Y‐shaped clot), 1 cm white blood clot in M1 artery, and 1 cm white blood clot in superior M2 artery.

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