A Czech Trial of 558 People with Dangerous Lung Clots Found Feeding Clot Dissolving Drugs Straight Into the Lung Artery Cut Deaths and Repeat Clots to Under 1%, Against Nearly 7% on Blood Thinners Alone.

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The new procedure is a milestone in the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism. It takes barely 20 minutes, only a fifth of the drug dose is needed, and the clot dissolves directly in the lungs! It has already helped the first patients, such as Zuzana Vorlová.

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Czech doctors have presented the results of the largest randomized trial of its kind to date focused on the interventional treatment of acute pulmonary embolism. Patients who underwent catheter-based local thrombolysis in addition to conventional medications had a significantly reduced risk of serious complications within the first week.