UAMS First to Use Device to Unclog Patient's Veins in Brain
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UAMS First to Use Device to Unclog Patient's Veins in Brain
In the days leading up to Glen Deaton's emergency trip from Trumann to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), large veins that drain blood from his brain were clotting. Confusion, nausea, vomiting and blurred vision were among his symptoms. An MRI revealed cerebral venous sinus thrombosis " a type of stroke caused by a clot that in Deaton's case ran from the top of his head nearly to his neck. With the blood flow stopped like water in a clogged drain, tremendous pressure wa
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Tags: Circulation, Emergency, Nausea, Vomiting, Brain, Vision, Imaging Tests
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