Healthy Living: New Catheter for Blood Clots

Each year, more than 700,000 people are hospitalized with blood clots.

Many times, clots lodge in the leg, but travel to the coronary artery blocking blood flow to the heart.

Now, researchers are testing a first-of-its kind catheter that breaks up and delivers clot-busting medication right to the source.

Courtney Hunter explains in Healthy Living.

Temple University just started an FDA approved feasibility study to evaluate the safety of this catheter in the treatment of acute pulmonary embolisms.