The surgeon then uses stitches to connect one end of the synthetic or healthy vein to the aorta, femoral artery, or a healthy ...

The ASTRAL trial, the largest randomized trial of renal artery stenting, failed to demonstrate any benefit of renal stenting over medical therapy. [20] This was a multicenter randomized trial that ...

Renal artery bruits may be present if there is involvement of that vessel. Since rapid diagnosis is crucial in ascending aortic dissections and the presentation of descending dissection are ...

Ideal positioning of the IABP balloon is below the subclavian artery that branches off the aorta in the chest, but above the ...

mass at the bifurcation. The aorta was separated from its bed on the vertebral bodies and from the vena cava. To avoid injury to the lumbar arteries, the aorta was raised only enough to allow ...

The main body is positioned in the aorta. The legs are positioned in the iliac arteries and connect to the main body. The graft thus extends from the aorta below the renal arteries (kidneys) into both ...

The nutcracker phenomenon results from a rare anatomic abnormality where the left renal vein (LRV) is compressed by the aorta and superior mesenteric artery. Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is defined by ...

20–45mL (max 200mL); Renal arteries: 8–18mL; Aortography: 30–70mL; Major branches of aorta: 10–70mL; Aortofemoral runoffs: 20–90mL; Peripheral arteries: 15–30mL (max 250mL).