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.

News | Venous Therapies

October 26, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Medtronic Abre venous self-expanding ...

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News | Pulmonary Embolism

October 23, 2020 —  Positive results were reported on the first 230 patients enrolled in its FLASH study, a real world p ...

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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

September 11, 2020 — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched two of three adaptive clinical trials ...

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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

September 3, 2020 — Why so many COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) patients get blood clots (thrombosis) remains uncertain. But ...

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he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Abiomed Impella RP catheter-based heart pump to include patients suffering from COVID-19 related right heart failure or decompensation, including pulmonary embolism (PE).  #COVID19 #SARScov2
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

June 1, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Abiom ...

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Bilateral pulmonary embolisms seen on spectral CT. Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

May 4, 2020 — A committee comprised of vascular surgeons, medical physicians and technologists from the University of ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two applications for the first generics of the anticoagulant Eliquis (apixaban).
Feature | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

December 27, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two applications for the first generics of ...

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November 8, 2019 — Penumbra Inc. announced that the EXTRACT-PE trial successfully met the primary endpoints ...

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News | Pulmonary Embolism

October 18, 2019 —­­ Patients with lung blood clots who smoke are more likely to be readmitted for lung blood clots than ...

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Technology | Artificial Intelligence

May 15, 2019 — Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions provider Aidoc has been granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

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March 4, 2019 — Artificial intelligence (AI) radiology solution provider Aidoc announced the commercial release of its ...

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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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