Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Key Takeaways The abdominal aorta carries blood from the heart to organs in the lower body.It splits into the right and left common iliac arteries near the pelvis ...

(May 11, 2007—ORLANDO, FL)—Using catheter techniques perfected in the arteries of the heart, interventional cardiologists are successfully treating chronic mesenteric ischemia, a condition akin to ...

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The safe and practical method of intravenous abdominal aortography recently reported 8 began a milestone for diagnosis of aneurysms of the hepatic and splenic arteries. The 2 patients described below ...

Silver Spring, MD-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a stent graft system that provides patients with small arteries the option of less invasive surgery to repair their potentially ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms can happen anywhere below the diaphragm. The infrarenal area of the abdomen, just below the kidneys, is one of the most common places to develop an abdominal aneurysm. The ...

Green tea could prevent a deadly condition in the body's main artery. A team has found that abdominal aortic aneurysm -- a condition in which the main artery becomes overstretched and bloated -- ...

The vascular system, also known as the circulatory system, plays an essential role in circulating blood throughout the body, ensuring that oxygen and nutrients reach organs, muscles, and tissues.

An aortobifemoral bypass is a surgery that's done to redirect your blood flow around a large, blocked artery in your groin or abdomen. It boosts the blood flow to your legs. It's a major surgery ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether or not abdominal obesity is associated with the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery wall independently of total body obesity and major risk factors for ...