According to the World Health Organization, nearly 15 million people suffer a stroke every year worldwide. Ischemic strokes caused by blood clots blocking brain arteries account for about 87 percent ...

Hamilton Medical Center's Sonny Achtchi, DO, recently faced a particularly challenging case of blood clot removal, technically known as a thrombectomy. Officials said, "Dr. Achtchi performed yet ...

From the San Francisco Business Times. Shruthi Narayan has blood clots on the brain — in a good way. In fact, because of Narayan and the broader team at Penumbra, the Alameda company she leads has ...

When trying to remove life-threatening clots from blood vessels, current technologies are successful on only about half of the first attempts – if at all. A new surgical tool, however, is claimed to ...

According to CDC estimates, as many as 900,000 people are affected by blood clots each year in the United States. Although serious, this medical condition is both preventable and treatable, if ...