An operation to open the chest. … [Read more...]

The hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). The … [Read more...]

Cancer that forms in tissues of the pharynx (the hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the windpipe and esophagus). … [Read more...]

Surgery to remove a thrombus (blood clot) from a blood vessel. … [Read more...]

A tiny piece of a cell found in the blood that breaks off from a large cell found in the bone marrow. Thrombocytes help wounds heal and prevent bleeding by … [Read more...]

A condition in which there is a lower-than-normal number of platelets in the blood. It may result in easy bruising and excessive bleeding from wounds or … [Read more...]

A process that involves either a blood clot or bleeding, such as a heart attack or stroke. … [Read more...]

The process of breaking up a thrombus (blood clot) that is blocking blood flow. The blood clot may be dissolved using drugs delivered through a catheter (tube) … [Read more...]

Inflammation of a vein that occurs when a blood clot forms. … [Read more...]

A substance made by the body that helps make blood cells, especially platelets. A form of thrombopoietin made in the laboratory is called recombinant human … [Read more...]