New Treatment Can Clear Brain Clots
‘It’s a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it does permanent harm.
Called Penumbra, the newly approved device is the latest in a series of inside-the-artery attempts to boost recovery from stroke, the nation’s No. 3 killer.
Now the question is how to determine which patients are good candidates – because, illogical as it may sound, unclogging isn’t always the best option.’
