Balloon thrombectomy using a Fogarty catheter may also be used.
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Mechanical thrombectomies can be surgical ( surgical thrombectomy ) or percutaneous ( percutaneous thrombectomy ).
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Mechanical thrombectomies can be surgical ( surgical thrombectomy ) or percutaneous ( percutaneous thrombectomy ).
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Mechanical thrombectomies can be surgical ( surgical thrombectomy ) or percutaneous ( percutaneous thrombectomy ).
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Surgical thrombectomies were once popular but were abandoned because of poor long-term outcomes.
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Doctors have long explored different ways to filter out that debris, a technique called thrombectomy.
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While angioplasty devices are designed to clear plaque, thrombectomy devices are used to attack the blood clots.
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Possis Medical Inc . said it won Food and Drug Administration approval to market its AngioJet Rapid Thrombectomy System in the U . S.
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If the patient has extensive thrombosis, it may be appropriate to consider pharmacologic and / or mechanical ( also known as pharmacomechanical ) thrombectomy.
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In 2008, Medrad acquired Possis Medical Inc ., a provider of mechanical thrombectomy devices used to treat narrowed or blocked arteries and veins.