A blood clot in the brain can trigger a dreadful headache. This pain may appear weeks before without any warning signs and can last up to several hours, even if you take loads of painkillers.

Here are some of the conditions and dangers associated with some blood clots and how they can become serious and even life-threatening.

A blood clot can be a normal part of wound healing but it can also interrupt blood flow and result in a heart attack or stroke. Learn signs and prevention tips.

Key messages • Ultrasound guidance may lead to a higher first-attempt success rate and improved time to successful common femoral artery (CFA) access, while reducing the venipuncture rate ...

In their experiments, the microrobots removed enough material of a blood clot inside an iliac artery to resume blood flow. The iliac artery, obtained from sheep, was chosen due to its straight and ...

February 21, 2025 Why athletes like Victor Wembanyama sometimes get blood clots — a condition most common in older adults The basketball star will miss the rest of the NBA season due to a deep ...

This will ensure that bits of thrombus lying in the external iliac artery will not later be carried down to the femoral, popliteal or tibial vessels.

When the awful news of Victor Wembanyama’s season-ending blood clot was released, I had just finished the sixth and final episode of the Netflix documentary “Court of Gold,” which ends with ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common condition where the arteries that carry blood to the limbs, usually the legs, become narrowed. This happens because of reduced blood flow, making it ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MDMedically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Heart valves keep blood flowing in the right direction between the heart's four chambers. If a valve, such as the ...

But sometimes, blood clots form inside an artery or vein, where they can cause damage or even lead to death. So what causes blood clots? And what makes them more likely to form?