The Food and Drug Administration will allow two clot retrieval devices to be used in conjunction with a clot-dissolving drug as an initial treatment for strokes caused by blood clots. The Trevo ...

Medications for pulmonary embolism may decrease the size of blood clots, help dissolve them, or reduce the risk of recurrence. All of these medications carry the risk of bleeding. A pulmonary embolism ...

What is a blood clot? Blood clots normally form after an injury to protect your body from losing too much blood, but they can ...

RALEIGH – Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses “vortex ultrasound” – a sort of ultrasonic tornado – to break down blood clots in the brain. The new approach worked more ...

Here’s what blood clots are, how they’re typically treated and what they actually feel and look like so you can know when it's time to worry.

Light responsive nanomotors dissolve blood clots and repair vessel tissue by combining catalytic activity, targeted motion, and gentle heating for coordinated thrombolysis and endothelial regeneration ...

Blood clots in the lungs, also known as pulmonary embolisms, can be a serious medical condition that affects your overall health. A pulmonary embolism occurs when a blood clot, typically originating ...

Stroke survivors were more likely to have little or no disability after 90 days if a clot was removed from a large brain artery followed by the injection of the clot-dissolving medication tenecteplase ...

(AP) Doctors treating Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a blood clot in her head said blood thinners are being used to dissolve the clot and they are confident she will make a full ...

Everyone bleeds, and in most cases, blood clotting, or coagulation, is a good thing. “A blood clot (also known as a thrombus) is a jello-like material that your body creates to stop bleeding when you ...

Lugging heavy groceries used to be exhausting for John Brinker. His energy level had crashed. An angiogram revealed a dangerous blockage in his coronary artery, severely reducing blood flow to his ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to recover in a New York hospital where she’s being treated for a blood clot in her head. Her doctors say blood thinners are being ...