Pulmonary Embolism

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for Pulmonary Embolism. This condition occurs when an artery in the lungs is blocked, usually caused by a blood clot.

An assortment of Boston Scientific AngioJet rheolytic thrombectomy catheters. These devices use high-velocity saline jets to entrain thrombus, resulting in microfragmentation and removal. Thrombectomy is also referred to as embolectomy.
Feature | Thrombectomy Devices | Dave Fornell, Editor

Catheter-based blood clot removal a decade ago was a standard of care for acute coronary revascularization, but declined ...

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News | Vena Cava Filters

December 4, 2018 — BTG plc announced the first patients outside of a clinical trial have been successfully implanted ...

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News | Thrombectomy Devices

November 21, 2018 — BTG plc announced the first Ekos CU 4.0 units have been shipped from BTG’s facility in Bothell, Wash ...

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News | Pulmonary Embolism

October 23, 2018 — Daniel J. Schimmel, Jr., M.D., MS, a cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, recently ...

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June 29, 2018 — Results from the MERCURY PE study showed that low-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) patients treated with Xar ...

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May 11, 2018 — Results of the FlowTriever Pulmonary Embolectomy (FLARE) study were presented as late-breaking clinical ...

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News | Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

July 7, 2017 — BTG plc recently highlighted the results of the ACCESS PTS trial, presented at the Society for Vascular ...

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Technology | Pulmonary Embolism

March 1, 2017 — BTG plc announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance has been granted to the Ekos ...

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October 31, 2016 — In an effort to improve patient care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's (CHOP) Information ...

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August 9, 2016 – With the use of intensive care units (ICUs) on the rise in many hospitals, researchers at LA BioMed and ...

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Feature | Pulmonary Embolism | Alain T. Drooz, M.D., FSVM, and David J. Spinosa, M.D.

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) can pose a major treatment quandary for clinicians. While massive (high-risk) PE is ...

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Technology | Pharmaceuticals

November 24, 2015 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals’ ...

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News | Pulmonary Embolism

November 3, 2015 — Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs, for example, when a ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

September 16, 2015 — A novel radiopharmaceutical probe developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has the ...

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Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Interview at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) annual meeting with Federico Asch, M.D., M.D., FACC, FASE ...

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