Thursday, April 12, 2018

Interesting treatment for blood clots


Daily Mail

Daily Mail cited

Doctors hope this revolutionary technology will help save millions of lives

This looks promising. If I had any clot like the first one shown, I would certainty consider such a procedure with professional medical approval. I personally favour these kind of physical removals of medical issues/problems, over the use of drugs, when reasonable. My vitrectomy (eye) being a good example, as the floaters were physically removed. Funny how the blood clot looks a bit ground beef like...

Cited

Medicinenet.com

A blood clot, or thrombus, is stationary within a vessel or the heart. If it moves from that location through the bloodstream, it is referred to as an embolus.