Increased relative risk of stroke and myocardial infarction, but absolute risk is low Approximately 80% of women worldwide have used hormonal contraception at some point in their lives.1 This high ...

Carotid artery thrombus, particularly free-floating thrombus (FFT), poses a significant risk for acute ischemic events such as strokes. The management of carotid artery thrombus is critical ...

The recognition of ulnar artery thrombosis as a disease can be traced back to 1929 when Edgar Allen, [1] a fellow in medicine at the Mayo Clinic, described a diagnostic maneuver (Allen's test ...

whereas emboli extracted from the internal carotid artery reached a maximum width of 5 mm. Each thrombus sample had a unique histological appearance, despite the majority being composed of a ...

A Danish study links some hormonal contraceptives to a small increase in arterial thrombosis risk, including stroke and heart ...

Thrombosis of the ulnar artery can be a cause of significant morbidity. Most often a consequence of blunt trauma to the hypothenar eminence of the hand, it may be attributable to one traumatic ...

The San Antonio Spurs suffered a major blow on Thursday when it was announced that star player Victor Wembanyama would be out ...

Strokes are a major cause of death and disability and the third leading cause of death in western society. It is estimated 3% ...

After pericardiocentesis, cardiac catheterization demonstrated traumatic dissection of the left anterior descending coronary artery with older thrombi, which was then treated by implantation of a ...