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 ...
A Danish study links some hormonal contraceptives to a small increase in arterial thrombosis risk, including stroke and heart ...
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 most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack and stroke, ...
However, each woman's absolute risk remained low: Use of the estrogen/progestin pill translated to one extra stroke for every ...
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 ...