Sentences with phrase «artery in the leg»

«The researchers were able to demonstrate that during a three - hour period, the flow - mediated dilation, or the expansion of the arteries as a result of increased blood flow, of the main artery in the legs was impaired by as much as 50 percent after just one hour.

The knives that were used to attack him severed the femoral artery in his leg and, despite attempts by paramedics to stem the flow of blood, he was pronounced dead just after 9 pm.

A woman was blinded in a savage attack in Rogers Park by a man who stabbed her in the eyes and face, then cut the tendons in both her wrists and a major artery in her leg, police said.

They tested the system on cell cultures, and then in live mice with breast cancer and mice with constricted arteries in their legs.

TAVR, a procedure used to treat aortic valve stenosis, involves threading a long, thin, flexible tube, called a catheter, through the femoral artery in the leg to the heart.

Painful blockages of arteries in the legs — called peripheral arterial obstructive disease, or PAOD — are less familiar than the ones that cut off blood flow to the heart, but they can be just as dangerous.

First, doctors insert the small mesh tubes through an artery in the leg to the blockage in the artery that takes blood to the brain.

Because coronary angiograms involve inserting a catheter (a thin tube) through an artery in the leg up to the heart, the procedure is usually performed in a hospital, in a cardiac catheterization lab (commonly called a «cath» lab).

Rarely, migrating heartworm larvae get «lost» and end up in unusual sites, such as the eye, brain, or an artery in the leg, which results in unusual symptoms such as blindness, seizures, and lameness, but normally, until the larvae mature and congregate inside the heart, they produce no symptoms or signs of illness.

In the «sunset foot» (indicating appearance and prognosis) the microcirculation has dilated and filled with blood to try to compensate for blocked arteries in the legs, giving the forefoot a red appearance.

Not exact matches

A model that debuted in 2015, for example, simulated a human leg, its skin, muscle, bone, large arteries, and even small veins.

Even worse, his dislodged knee had come in contact with an artery and the nerve in his leg.

This time, however, Eddie suffered broken bones and a ruptured artery in his left leg.

In addition to the vascular calcification in the arteries of his stomach and legs which had already been known about, the superior image allowed doctors to spot three small areas of calcification near to the outflow tracts of the heart which had hitherto escaped their noticIn addition to the vascular calcification in the arteries of his stomach and legs which had already been known about, the superior image allowed doctors to spot three small areas of calcification near to the outflow tracts of the heart which had hitherto escaped their noticin the arteries of his stomach and legs which had already been known about, the superior image allowed doctors to spot three small areas of calcification near to the outflow tracts of the heart which had hitherto escaped their notice.

Down the road, engineered grafts may also prove useful in treating patients with circulatory problems in their legs and coronary arteries.

The new approach, called transcaval, involves threading a guide wire through a vein in a leg, and passing it from the main vein in the body into the main artery, the abdominal aorta.

He had a heart attack a year ago and a triple bypass operation last May, in which his prematurely diseased arteries were replaced by veins in his leg.

An analysis of medical costs associated with atherosclerotic lower extremity peripheral artery disease, a dangerous condition in which a buildup of plaque in the arteries restricts blood flow to the legs and feet, found that health care costs in one year were $ 18,000 higher in smokers with the condition than non-smokers with the condition.

The study published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found smokers are more likely to be hospitalized for leg events, heart attack and coronary heart disease related to atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease, known as PAD, than non-smokers with PAD.

Joseph Poole, M.D., Ph.D., of the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, and colleagues studied whether therapy with granulocyte - macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM - CSF), an agent that functions as a white blood cell growth factor, would improve walking performance in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (a form of vascular disease in which there is partial or total blockage of an artery, usually one leading to a leg or arm).

In peripheral artery disease, patients» legs have trouble getting enough blood during exercise, leading to impaired mobility and pain after exertion.

Balloon angioplasty is used for the first time in San Diego on patients with narrowed leg arteries.

Comparing 13 month old mice to 3 month old mice, blocking the femoral artery in the hind leg causes all older mice to lose their legs while only about a third of younger mice have to lose their legs.

Stroke in the anterior cerebral artery results in opposite leg weakness.

Pulse wave velocity is measured by noninvasive devices that track the speed of blood flow by calculating differences between arteries in the neck and the leg.

The condition results from plaque build - up, which hardens in the arteries, blocking and reducing blood flow to the legs, arms, brain and other organs.

The doctors used a blood vessel from my leg and the mammary artery in my chest to replace the arteries in my heart.

Melamed's group had previously shown that vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of peripheral artery disease (circulatory problems in the legs) by 80 percent.

I reasoned if his system works to clear the arteries of the heart, it should help clear some of the plaque in my leg arteries.

There is INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE about the beneficial effects of caffeine consumption athletic performance during short - term exercise, such as sprints or lifting [115], attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)[89], asthma [85,86], cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease [191,192], depression [115], diabetes mellitus type 2 [22,23,187,205], gallstones [87,88], gout [83,84], hepatitis C or liver cirrhosis [115], improving breathing in preterm infants with apnea [150,174], leg cramps due to narrowed arteries (intermittent claudication)[115], liver cancer [191], memory [16,67], migraine headache [176,207,209], muscle soreness during exercise [115], obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD)[115], orthostatic hypotension [78,80], postprandial hypotension (a drop of blood pressure after meals)[77], seizures [25], skin itching [115], stroke [115] or weight loss [90].

This can cause heart disease, heart attack, peripheral artery disease (reduced blood flow in the limbs, usually the legs), or stroke.

Feline aortic thromboembolism (also known as a saddle thrombus) is a very serious condition in which a blood clot becomes lodged in the arteries that supply blood to the back legs.

His rear legs were stiff and cold, and no pulses could be detected in the arteries that supply his rear limbs.

Blood coming from the heart flows down the abdominal aorta (labeled as artery in this picture) and towards the rear legs.

Vessels commonly blocked include arteries in the lungs, which cause rapid breathing or panting, rapid heart rate and high body temperature, and the iliac arteries (which supply the back legs), which causes a blockage called a saddle thrombus, with sudden paralysis of the rear limbs.

Examples of such diseases in veterinary medicine would include the feline condition now known as FATE where a large blood clot forms in the heart, a small piece of the clot breaks off and then lodges in the aorta (the large artery that travels the length of the body) right where it branches to serve the rear legs.

Cardiac catheterizations are performed in anesthetized animals and most commonly involve passing specialized catheters via either the jugular vein or carotid artery in the neck or femoral artery or vein in the leg into the great vessels and heart.

In describing the procedure, Burkett says, «A veterinarian does a small cut down over a vessel, usually in the leg, and passes a catheter into the femoral arterIn describing the procedure, Burkett says, «A veterinarian does a small cut down over a vessel, usually in the leg, and passes a catheter into the femoral arterin the leg, and passes a catheter into the femoral artery.

In this disorder, several defects in the eyeball, iris, and arteries serving the eyes are found in the same dogs that have short, thick leg bones (micromelia), prominent carpi (wrists) and elbows, and east - west stance in fronIn this disorder, several defects in the eyeball, iris, and arteries serving the eyes are found in the same dogs that have short, thick leg bones (micromelia), prominent carpi (wrists) and elbows, and east - west stance in fronin the eyeball, iris, and arteries serving the eyes are found in the same dogs that have short, thick leg bones (micromelia), prominent carpi (wrists) and elbows, and east - west stance in fronin the same dogs that have short, thick leg bones (micromelia), prominent carpi (wrists) and elbows, and east - west stance in fronin front.

Pulmonary embolism can occur when a blood clot in the leg — called a deep vein thrombosis — breaks free from the location in the leg, travels through the blood and blocks an artery in the lung.

Peripheral artery disease typically affects the arteries in the pelvis and legs.