Not exact matches
Through a small needle, we can block the abnormal flow
with a variety of tools —
endovascular glue, coils, iodized oil — based on an individual patient's needs.»
Hsia's aunt needed treatment fast
with a clot - busting medicine and a procedure known as an
endovascular thrombectomy, which removes the clot and restores blood flow to oxygen - starved patches of the brain.
The researchers found that
endovascular revascularization plus supervised exercise (combination therapy) was associated
with greater improvement in maximum walking distance compared
with the supervised exercise only group, and in pain - free walking distance.
M.G. Myriam Hunink, M.D., Ph.D., of the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues randomly assigned 212 patients
with PAD and intermittent claudication to
endovascular revascularization plus supervised exercise (n = 106) or supervised exercise only (n = 106).
«The present study reopens the debate for revascularization in patients
with claudication, in particular in terms of an approach using
endovascular revascularization first.
In contrast, a standard physical examination achieved only 40 to 89 percent accuracy in identifying patients
with large - vessel occlusion who could benefit from
endovascular therapy.
For patients, this translates into a comprehensive evaluation culminating in an integrated care plan including medical therapies
with minimally - invasive «
endovascular» procedures or traditional open surgery when indicated, for the broad spectrum of vascular diseases.