Penile Livedoid Vasculopathy: First Reported Case by Ahmad Hallak, William Bennett, Mohammed Adib Tanbir, Supriya R. Donthamsetty, Bethaney Vincent

“…The pathogenesis is speculated to involve increasing coagulation or impaired thrombolysis leading to the occlusion of dermal blood vessels with fibrin thrombi. …”
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Saved by the VAC: Minimally Invasive Removal of a Surely Fatal Right Heart Thrombus in a Patient with Advanced Heart Failure by James Keeton, Pedro Engel Gonzalez, Julie Cox, Robert M. Morlend, Alpesh A. Amin, Pradeep P. A. Mammen, Lynn C. Huffman, Faris G. Araj

“…Embolic potential is high, and historically, management has revolved around open surgical removal or systemic thrombolysis. We hereby present a case of a massive right heart thrombus in a high surgical risk patient, which was successfully removed using a percutaneous aspiration device.…”
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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) due to Coronary Artery Embolism in a Patient with Atrial Fibrillation by Hussein Daoud, Ashraf Abugroun, Shruti Erramilli, Surender Kumar

“…Treatment modalities for ACS secondary to thromboembolism include stent placement, intracoronary thrombolysis, and thrombus aspiration.…”
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Revascularization of an acute right coronary artery long flap dissection with “Prolapsing knuckle wire technique” by Debasish Das, Satyapriya Mohanty, Abhinav Kumar, Anindya Banerjee, Pranjit Deb, Subash Pramanik

“…Keeping the tip of the wire in the main lumen, gentle pulling of the wire straightened the U loop, wire came out of the false lumen and gentle forward push with torque keeping the tip of the wire facing toward the lateral side the wire negotiated the microchannel present laterally and the lesion was crossed, predilated and successful coronary intervention was accomplished with Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) III flow. …”
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Topical Nitroglycerine for Neonatal Arterial Associated Peripheral Ischemia following Cannulation: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review by Rafat Mosalli, Mohamed Elbaz, Bosco Paes

“…Topical vasodilators, anticoagulation, thrombolysis, and surgery are considered secondary therapeutic strategies. …”
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Free Floating Right Heart Thrombus Associated with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: An Unsettled Therapeutic Difficulty by Clovis Nkoke, Olivier Faucher, Lise Camus, Laurence Flork

“…Although there is no clear consensus for the management of right heart thrombus associated with pulmonary embolism, thrombolysis is readily available and can be effective in carefully selected patients.…”
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The Tunnelled Atrial Catheter: A Promising Solution for Vascular Capital Depletion in Dialysis despite Associated Thrombi by Meriam Hajji, Salah Saied, Ikram Mami, Yassine Khadhar, Tasnim Ben Ayed, Imen Gorsane, Fethi Ben Hamida, Jalel Ziadi, Mohamed Karim Zouaghi, Ezzeddine Abderrahim

“…One case was complicated by post-operative thrombosis and was successfully treated with thrombolysis. Both patients are currently on dialysis via their ATDC with a catheter patency of 29 months. …”
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection of Left Main Coronary Artery with Extensive Intramural Hematoma in the Main Side Branch by Makio Muraishi, Kosuke Maeda, Takuya Okada, Masahiko Noguchi

“…The provisional crush stent technique was performed, and the final angiography revealed satisfactory results with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade 3 in the LAD and LCX. …”
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A Review of Risk Factors and Predictors for Hemorrhagic Transformation in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke by Sneha E. Thomas, Noorine Plumber, Priyanka Venkatapathappa, Vasavi Gorantla

“…We also discuss few other risk factors such as the role of blood-brain barrier, increased arterial stiffness, and globulin levels in patients postreperfusion using thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy. In addition, we discuss the implications of dual antiplatelet therapy and the length of treatment in reference to the incidence of developing HT. …”
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Progenitor Cell Therapy to Treat Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Promise of High-Dose Autologous CD34+ Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells by Joseph C. Poole, Arshed A. Quyyumi

“…ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is associated with an increased risk for congestive heart failure and long-term mortality despite the widespread use of thrombolysis and catheter-based revascularization. The need for improved post-STEMI therapies has led to a surge of novel therapeutics, especially regenerative approaches using autologous mononuclear cells. …”
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Review and Outcome of Prolonged Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Houssein Youness, Tarek Al Halabi, Hussein Hussein, Ahmed Awab, Kellie Jones, Jean Keddissi

“…Adjunct therapy included extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (18%), thrombolysis (15.8%), and rewarming for hypothermia (19.5%). 83% were alive at 1 year, with full neurological recovery reported in 63 patients. …”
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Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome Associated with Severe Inferior Vena Cava Stenosis by Laura Londra, Kyle Tobler, John Wu, Lisa Kolp

“…Therapeutic anticoagulation was initiated, and pharmacological and mechanical thrombolysis were performed. During these procedures, a hypoplastic IVC was noted. …”
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Is Repeat PTA of a Failing Hemodialysis Fistula Durable? by Ioannis Bountouris, Thorarinn Kristmundsson, Nuno Dias, Zbigniew Zdanowski, Martin Malina

“…Occluded fistulas that were dilated after successful thrombolysis were also included. Median age was 68 (interquartile range 61.5–78.5) years and 75% were male. …”
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Recanalization Therapies in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Pharmacological Agents, Devices, and Combinations by Vijay K. Sharma, Hock Luen Teoh, Lily Y. H. Wong, Jie Su, Benjamin K. C. Ong, Bernard P. L. Chan

“…The primary aim of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke is recanalization of an occluded intracranial artery. …”
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Comparison of Different Risk Scores for Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality in STEMI Patients Treated with PPCI by Chih-Hwa Wang, Hui-Ting Wang, Kuan-Han Wu, Fu-Jen Cheng, Cheng-I. Cheng, Chia-Te Kung, Fu-Cheng Chen

“…GRACE (Global Registry of Acute Cardiac Events), CADILLAC (Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications), Zwolle, and TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) risk scores were calculated for each patient according to different variables. …”
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De Novo Atrial Fibrillation Increases Intra-hospital Mortality in Myocardial Infarction with ST Elevation? by Ailed Elena Rodríguez Jiménez, Hugo Cruz Inerarity, Enrique Toledo Rodríguez, Guillermo Quintana Cañizares

“…The studied variables were: age, sex, factors of coronary risk, history of ischemic heart disease, presence of atrial fibrillation, myocardial dysfunction, cardiogenic shock, number of thrombolyzed patients, success of thrombolysis, glycemia values, uric acid, creatinine, cholesterol, triacylglycerides, leukocytes and hemoglobin. …”
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The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Abnormal Uterine Bleeding According to the PALM-COEIN Classification by Onur Bektas, Kivilcim Bektas, Sirin Aydin, Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Husnu Celik

“…Additionally, increased production of vasodilatory substances such as prostaglandin E2 and prostacyclin, decreased production of local vasoconstrictors like prostaglandin F2α and endothelin-1, as well as increased plasminogen activator activity leading to enhanced thrombolysis and disruptions in endometrial hemostatic mechanisms. …”
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In-Hospital Peak Glycemia in Predicting No-Reflow Phenomenon in Diabetic Patients with STEMI Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Fang Liu, Rui Huang, Ya Li, Surui Zhao, Yue Gong, Zesheng Xu

“…The patients were divided into two groups according to thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI): the normal flow and no-reflow groups, and related factors were analyzed with different statistical methods. …”
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Applications of Ultrasonic Brain Imaging and Transcranial Ultrasound Therapy in Brain Injury Rehabilitation by WU Yi

“…High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and low intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) use the thermal and mechanical effects respectively to perform tissue ablation, blood-brain barrier opening, drug targeted delivery, ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis and neuromodulation, and can be applied to the treatment of brain tumors, brain trauma, stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, depression and other neurological diseases and mental diseases. …”
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The Effect of Chronic Inhouse Biomass Fuel Smoke Exposure on Coronary Slow Flow Phenomenon in Women Living in the Eastern Region of Turkey by Tayyar AKBULUT, Faysal SAYLIK

“…The presence of SCF was calculated based on thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count. Results: Two hundred fifty nine patients were in the BEG, whereas 198 patients were in the non-exposure group. …”
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