AngioVac Removes 2’ Blood Clot
December 24, 2013 | Terry Sharrer
A 62 year old man at the UCLA Medical Center presented a blood clot that stretched 24 inches from his legs to his heart. To remove this life-threatening obstruction, a team of cardiovascular surgeons and interventional radiologists inserted a tube through the artery in his neck down to the heart, and another tube through the vein in his groin. Then, a device called “AngioVac” (similar to a heart bypass pump) sucked the clot away. It was a complete success, with a much shorter recovery time than the alternative open-heart surgery. MORE
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