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Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a minimally invasive non-surgical procedure used to treat narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary artery disease. [2] The procedure is used to place and deploy coronary stents, a permanent wire-meshed tube, to open narrowed coronary arteries. PCI is considered 'non-surgical ...
An embolized fragment of an atrial myxoma in the iliac bifurcation. Although a myxoma is not malignant with risk of metastasis, [ 3 ] complications are common. Untreated, a myxoma can lead to an embolism (tumor cells breaking off and traveling with the bloodstream).
Coronary sinus thrombosis as a severe complication after procedures. [8] The coronary sinus is the venous counterpart to the coronary arteries, where de-oxygenated blood returns from heart tissue. A large thrombus here slows overall blood circulation to heart tissue as well as may mechanically compress a coronary artery. [8]
A system of coaxial catheters is pushed inside the arterial circulation, usually through a percutaneous access to the right femoral artery. A microcatheter is finally positioned beyond the occluded segment and a stent-retriever is deployed to catch the thrombus; finally, the stent is pulled out from the artery, usually under continuous ...
Acute thrombus in the right MCA M1 branch. A stroke is the rapid decline of brain function due to a disturbance in the supply of blood to the brain. [13] This can be due to ischemia, thrombus, embolus (a lodged particle) or hemorrhage (a bleed). [13] In thrombotic stroke, a thrombus (blood clot) usually forms around atherosclerotic plaques ...
The Chargers went 11-6 this season, Harbaugh's first back in the league after he led Michigan to a national championship the year before, and reached the playoffs for the second time in the past ...
It usually involves removal of thrombi (blood clots), and is then referred to as thromboembolectomy or thrombectomy. Embolectomy is an emergency procedure often as the last resort because permanent occlusion of a significant blood flow to an organ leads to necrosis. Other involved therapeutic options are anticoagulation and thrombolysis.
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