Blood clots can form both in the heart's chamber (intracardiac thrombosis) and the coronary arteries that feed the heart (coronary artery thrombosis).A blood clot in the heart's chambers can break ...

Nine patients were identified during the study period (eight male and one female). Average age was 39 years (range, 17 to 56 years). Average follow-up period was 2 years (range, 6 months to 5 years).

I knew what the consequences were if that clot moved or got any bigger. Left untreated, fragments of an arterial clot can move to the lungs and cause a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism.

Carotid Artery Thrombus: A blood clot that forms in the carotid artery, which can lead to reduced blood flow to the brain and increase the risk of stroke. Free-Floating Thrombus (FFT): A type of ...

This week, in the American Journal of Pathology, two San Francisco doctors offer an unexpected reply: the clot forms as the result of a reaction between arterial blood and material from a diseased ...

Discover how smoking cigarettes increases the risk of heart attacks by damaging your cardiovascular health and triggering ...

A variety of cellular components in addition to platelets contribute to the development and progression of arterial thrombosis, including endothelial cells, leukocytes and erythrocytes ...

Two new trials saw no impact of thrombolytics in reducing disability at 90 days, but some positive signals offer hope.