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Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der. English pharmaco- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical English pharmacomechanical From pharmaco- + mechanical.
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(not-comparable) pharmacological and mechanical
Anatomical success was defined as either restoration of in-line flow with venous patency or removal of 50% or more of the thrombus burden, while clinical success was defined as the presence of anatomical success and improvement in presenting symptoms.[ 13 ] Patients underwent one or more of the following endovascular treatments depending on the chronicity and extent of thrombosis: (a) Catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) ( n = 25), (b) pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (PMT) ( n = 15), (c) balloon angioplasty ( n = 45), and/or (d) stent placement across the filter ( n = 42).
2015, Mohammad Arabi et al., “Endovascular treatment of thrombosed inferior vena cava filters: Techniques and short-term outcomes”, in The Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging, volume 25, →DOI: