Here are some of the conditions and dangers associated with some blood clots and how they can become serious and even ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition in which one or more of the arteries supplying blood to the body, flowing away from the heart, become blocked or partially blocked. This often reduces ...

The long-term benefits of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for basilar artery occlusion (BAO) in patients with low National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores upon admission remain unclear. This ...

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. (B.M., N.L., C.A.S.) Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of ...

Less than half of patients who present to a US hospital’s emergency department with central retinal artery occlusion receive no stroke workup imaging, despite recommendations. Most patients in the ...

the celiac artery, and the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries. Each branch serves a specific group of organs: Support for lower body circulation: The abdominal aorta eventually divides into the ...

Aims Previous studies have suggested an association between retinal artery occlusion (RAO) and ischaemic stroke (IS), both associated with elevated inflammatory factors. However, the role of ...

Figure 5: Magnetic resonance direct thrombus image (coronal axis) of a complicated thrombotic plaque (red circle) in left internal carotid artery. A further application for in vivo MRI in this ...

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This paper presents a potential tool to assess the risk of intraluminal thrombus (ILT) formation based on the MBM ... at the aorta inlet and specify the pressure waveform of the iliac artery outlets.

Although iliac artery (IA) endarterectomy has largely been replaced by bypass and endovascular options, open endarterectomy continues to play an important role in selected patterns of occlusive ...