What are the differences between arteries and veins? Read on to find out about these blood vessels, ... Venules are the smallest type of vein. They have very thin walls to hold lots of blood.

When first described back in the mid-1960s, surgical AVFs were created between the radial artery and the adjacent cephalic vein in a side-to-side configuration, the researchers explain.

First Non-Surgical Bypass Successfully Turns Vein Into Artery Date: May 29, 2001 Source: American Heart Association Summary: A 53-year-old German man became the first person to undergo a new, non ...

Poor long-term graft patency remains a major limitation of coronary artery bypass grafting using saphenous vein aortocoronary grafts. Neointimal hyperplasia (NIH) represents the principal ...