Archive for the 'Vascular' Category


Tiny Ultrasound Device May Help Patients With Deadly Lung Clots: Presented At ISET 2011

A tiny ultrasound device that helps dissolve blood clots is showing promise in breaking up potentially deadly pulmonary embolisms (PEs), blockages of blood vessels in the lungs that can occur after long plane rides, surgery and extended bed rest…


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01/19/2011 | Respiratory & Asthma - Vascular | Trackback | Comments Off

Potential Treatment For Pulmonary Hypertension

Researchers in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta are one step closer to a treatment for a deadly disease. Pulmonary arterial hypertension, which is high blood pressure in the lungs, currently has only a few treatment options but most cases lead to premature death. It is caused by a cancer-like excessive growth of cells in the wall of the lung blood vessels...
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08/13/2010 | Respiratory & Asthma - Vascular | Trackback | Comments Off

Crux Biomedical Enrolls First Patient In Its Retrieve 2 U.S. Pivotal Trial

Crux Biomedical®Inc. announced that it has successfully enrolled the first patient in its Retrieve 2 pivotal U.S. IDE trial. The trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Crux's new Vena Cava Filter (VCF). The Crux VCF is a retrievable, implantable filter which is designed to trap blood clots that can lead to a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism (PE)...
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07/15/2010 | Respiratory & Asthma - Vascular | Trackback | Comments Off

Change In Treating Pulmonary Embolisms Recommended By Stanford Study

William Kuo, MD, was the on-call interventional radiologist one Friday night three years ago when he received a call from the intensive care unit at Stanford Hospital & Clinics. He was asked to attend to a 62-year-old woman who had collapsed at home and was rushed to the emergency room with massive blood clots in her lungs. "I get very emotional when I think about what happened," said Kuo, assistant professor of radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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10/28/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - Vascular | Trackback | Comments Off

Clots Traveling From Lower Veins May Not Be The Cause Of Pulmonary Embolism In Trauma Patients

A report from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians calls into question the longstanding belief that pulmonary embolism (PE) - the life-threatening blockage of a major blood vessel in the lungs - is caused in trauma patients by a blood clot traveling from vessels deep within the legs or lower torso.
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10/20/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - Vascular | Trackback | Comments Off

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