Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical removal of an embolus.
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- noun surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In an earlier study, the same researchers had found that hospitals generally lose money on Medicare reimbursements for another stroke treatment -- endovascular embolectomy, in which doctors go in and extract the blood clot causing the stroke.
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The European market for clot management devices, which comprises the sale of thrombectomy devices, thrombolytic infusion catheters, neurovascular embolectomy devices, and inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs), will grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 8% through 2013.
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The thrombectomy device market, the largest segment covered in this report, consists of mechanical thrombectomy devices, aspiration catheters, embolectomy balloon catheters, and pharmacomechanical thrombectomy devices.
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