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Kauvery Hospital Tirunelveli Performs City's First Mechanical Thrombectomy
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 25: Kauvery Hospital, Tirunelveli, has successfully performed the city's first Mechanical Thrombectomy, an emergency procedure to remove a blood clot blocking a major artery in the brain. The intervention saved the life of a 61-year-old man, a known
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Medtronic unveils outcomes of the largest multi-centric prospective stroke
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 7: Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, unveiled results from the Prospective Registry for Assessment of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with stroke Devices in India (PRAAN) at the World Stroke Congress 2024, held in Abu Dhabi. PRAAN is I
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Thrombectomy can benefit more stroke victims: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a commentary recently published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, access to thrombectomy should be expanded to include more patients who have experienced large vessel occlusion stroke, giving them a better chance of regaining essential cognitive and physical
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Mechanical blood clot removal showed positive results in half of stroke pa
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Orleans (Louisiana) [US], February 14 (ANI): A blood clot is a mass of blood that forms when platelets, proteins, and cells in the blood stick together. According to an international study, mechanical removal of blood clots reduced post-stroke disability in nearly half of "all-comer" rea
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Mechanical Thrombectomy - a treatment of choice for acute ischemic stroke
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 4 (ANI/PRNewswire): Clinical experts at Rela Hospital stressed that Mechanical Thrombectomy is effective in reducing the sequelae of an ischemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in humans and also gives better quality of life to those who suffer from stro
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Stroke Management - A 4 and a half hour window to save a life
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Coimbatore, (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 23,(ANI/BusinessWire India): Treating a stroke can be time-sensitive as the time frame for treatment is comparatively restricted. Sri Ramakrishna Hospital provides a detailed outlook on Stroke Management and the steps to save a stroke patient's life.
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'World Thrombectomy Day' launched to raise awareness on treatment for stro
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Minnesota [US], May 15 (ANI): To raise awareness on the severe morbidity associated with stroke and its treatment, the researchers at the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) have launched dedicated annual World Stroke Thrombectomy day on May 15, to be celebrated every yea
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Mechanical Thrombectomy can increase treatment window for some stroke pati
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): The year 2020 has been nothing short of a nightmare for people across the world. While on one end, it brought the fear of death in the absence of a vaccine to cure the coronavirus, it severely dented economies around the world, with strict lockdo
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Training interventional radiologists expands access to life-saving stroke
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 25 (ANI): Scientists have found out an innovative way to improve the timely access to stroke care. According to a study, training interventional radiologists to perform endovascular thrombectomies result in positive outcomes for patients experiencing a stroke.
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Marijuana use may lead to higher risk of stroke
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 19 (ANI): A recent study found that a wide range of both IV thrombolysis (IVT) and mechanical thrombectomy (MT) rates in ischemic stroke patients, who smoke marijuana, indicates the need for further improvement of access to acute recanalization therapies in many re
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