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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 ...
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.
Treatment of subclavian artery stenosis can be performed by surgical bypass or endovascular therapy. Each modality has its own benefits as well as its own risks.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...