Doctors have vacuumed a 2-foot blood clot out of a patient’s heart
Doctors told Todd Dunlap , 62 , that it was the largest blood coagulum they had ever seen . Then they pass him a alternative : undergo open - philia surgery , or have the clot hoover out , via a new , minimally trespassing procedure facilitated by a twist called an“AngioVac . ” ViaUCLA Health : Here ’s how it worked : A squad of UCLA interventional radiologists and cardiovascular surgeons skid a bantam camera down Dunlap ’s esophagus to visually supervise his warmheartedness ....