1.   In this particular case thrombolytic therapy proved useful in dissolving the clot and maintaining vessel patency.

2.   Aspirin is already commonly recommended by doctors for patients at risk of cardiovascular disease because it dissolves the clots that can lead to strokes and heart attacks.

3.   Aspirin works against heart attacks by helping to dissolve clots of blood that block arteries and by preventing further blockages.

4.   Dr. Jack Ansell, a hematologist at BU Medical Center, had Kovalsky hospitalized for a week and put her on blood thinners to dissolve the clots.

5.   Earlier this week, doctors injected an enzyme, urokinase, through a thin tube in an artery in his arm to dissolve the clots.

6.   Eventually, time alone took care of the swelling, and blood thinners dissolved the clot.

7.   For four days, doctors pumped medication into his arm in an attempt to dissolve the clot.

8.   If given intravenously within three hours of a stroke caused by a blood clot, tPA can in many cases dissolve the clot and minimize injury to the brain.

9.   In the last year, researchers found that tPA can dissolve these clots, thereby restoring blood flow to the brain and preventing areas of the brain from dying.

10.   Injections of a drug called tPA can dissolve clots.