A 71-year-old female was admitted to our cardiac surgery clinic for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure. Three months earlier, she had an acute inferoposterior myocardial infarction ...

New guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association update best practices for managing peripheral artery disease (PAD). The comprehensive clinical guidelines synopsis ...

Find out what you need to know about the brachial artery, as well as blood supply to the arm, forearm, and hand. Learn about the location of this artery and how to keep it safe.

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2010;8(9):1275-1282. Finally, we examined our own experience with a 9-year follow-up of primary stenting, which is one of the longest to date. A total of 91 patients ...

Brachial artery aneurysms (BAAs) ... Graft Interposition: A surgical procedure where a graft (a piece of tissue) is used to replace or bypass a damaged section of a blood vessel.

The results suggest the possibility of asymmetrical exercise-induced arterial adaptations between the brachial arteries of ...

In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a novel analysis evaluating surgeon preference for multi- ...

Doctors screen for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with an ankle-brachial index (ABI) test, which measures blood pressure in the legs. Experts recommend that anyone with PAD risk factors undergo ...

The diastolic pressure in the brachial artery was 22 mm. of mercury higher than that in the femoral artery. This seventy-four-year-old patient died and was autopsied.

Tsukuba, Japan—In athletes, the arterial structure and function undergo sport-specific adaptations in response to the demands of their activities. For instance, in baseball players, repeated ...