"Embolectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical removal of an obstructing clot or foreign material which has been transported from a distant vessel by the bloodstream. Removal of a clot at its original site is called THROMBECTOMY.
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D017128
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.100.814.445
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| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Embolectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Arinze N, Ryan T, Pillai R, Vilvendhan R, Farber A, Jones DW, Rybin D, Levin SR, Cheng TW, Siracuse JJ. Perioperative and long-term outcomes after percutaneous thrombectomy of arteriovenous dialysis access grafts. J Vasc Surg. 2020 12; 72(6):2107-2112.
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McTaggart RA, Yaghi S, Sacchetti DC, Haas RA, Hemendinger M, Arcuri D, Rogg JM, Furie KL, Jayaraman MV. Mechanical embolectomy for acute ischemic stroke beyond six hours from symptom onset using MRI based perfusion imaging. J Neurol Sci. 2017 Apr 15; 375:395-400.
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McTaggart RA, Tung EL, Yaghi S, Cutting SM, Hemendinger M, Gale HI, Baird GL, Haas RA, Jayaraman MV. Continuous aspiration prior to intracranial vascular embolectomy (CAPTIVE): a technique which improves outcomes. J Neurointerv Surg. 2017 Dec; 9(12):1154-1159.
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McTaggart RA, Yaghi S, Baird G, Haas RA, Jayaraman MV. Decreasing procedure times with a standardized approach to ELVO cases. J Neurointerv Surg. 2017 Jan; 9(1):2-5.
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Robinson WP, Patel RK, Columbo JA, Flahive J, Aiello FA, Baril DT, Schanzer A, Messina LM. Contemporary Management of Acute Aortic Occlusion Has Evolved but Outcomes Have Not Significantly Improved. Ann Vasc Surg. 2016 Jul; 34:178-86.
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Jayaraman MV, Iqbal A, Silver B, Siket MS, Amedee C, McTaggart RA, Paolucci G, Rhodes J, Potvin J, Tucker M, Alexander-Scott N. Developing a statewide protocol to ensure patients with suspected emergent large vessel occlusion are directly triaged in the field to a comprehensive stroke center: how we did it. J Neurointerv Surg. 2017 Mar; 9(3):330-332.
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Neely RC, Byrne JG, Gosev I, Cohn LH, Javed Q, Rawn JD, Goldhaber SZ, Piazza G, Aranki SF, Shekar PS, Leacche M. Surgical Embolectomy for Acute Massive and Submassive Pulmonary Embolism in a Series of 115 Patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Oct; 100(4):1245-51; discussion 1251-2.