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Catheter Assisted Therapy This is used in patients with massive deep vein thrombosis extending to the iliac vein or inferior vena cava. A catheter is placed in the occluded segment of DVT and thrombolytic drug is infused for a certain period of time( usually 24 hour)...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Coronary Angiography Coronary angiography is the gold standard diagnostic tool to diagnose coronary artery disease. Besides coronary arteries, it is also used to visualize carotid arteries, intracranial arteries, aorta and its branches, upper and lower extremities,...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Carotid Artery Disease Carotid arteries are the main arteries carrying oxygenated blood to the brain and originate from the brachiocephalic artery in the right and aorta in the left. Arteriosclerosis is the main cause of carotid artery stenosis or occlusion and may...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
What is a Coronary Care Unit (CCU)? Coronary Care Unit( CCU) is an intensive care unit to follow critical patients with heart diseases who require close monitorization of vital signs and rhythms. Patients after heart attack, with diagnosis of heart failure and...
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What is Pulmonary Embolism? Pulmonary embolism is a clinical condition in which blood clots formed in the venous system of our body migrate from the local site through the right atrium and right ventricle to the pulmonary vasculature. Most of these thrombus arise from...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
The main cause of subclavian artery stenosis is also atherosclerosis. Patients with subclavian artery stenosis may present with upper extremity pain on exercise, chest pain in patients who had had bypass surgery and got their internal mammary artery( a branch of...
