Ischemic strokes occur when
blood vessels supplying the brain are blocked.
The blood vessels supplying the uterus and ovaries are tied off with suture material, surgical clips or a laser and the reproductive organs are removed.
For a wound of any sort to stop bleeding, a plug (of adhering, sticky blood platelets) must form in
the blood vessels supplying it.
This disease causes
the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle to become blocked, resulting in a heart attack.
The blood vessels supplying the uterus and ovaries are tied off with suture material and reproductive organs are removed.
Using a special camera, physicians then observe how well the radioactive material moves through
the blood vessels supplying the heart.
Interestingly, those who slept more than eight hours per night had a higher risk of chest pain and disease of
blood vessels supplying the heart.
He was taking a «nitrolingual» spray, which helps to open the small
blood vessels supplying oxygen to his coronary (heart) blood vessels.
Microscope image showing malaria - infected red blood cells (small round cells containing the parasite [dark dots]-RRB- sticking to brain endothelial cells (large blue - ish cells) that line
the blood vessels supplying the brain.
Because the aortic arch feeds the carotid arteries (
the blood vessels supplying the brain), aortic surgery requires careful attention to brain protection.
With this method,
the blood vessels supplying the kidney are clamped and the kidney is cooled.
The PROMISE trial was conducted at 193 centers across North America to determine whether a care strategy starting with coronary CTA, which reveals the structure of
blood vessels supplying the heart, or a strategy starting with functional testing, measures such as stress testing or echocardiography that reflect how well the heart muscle is working, provided better guidance for clinical decisions regarding patients with chest pain.
In the absence of NDST1,
blood vessels supplying the developing diaphragm muscles formed inconsistently, leading to weak points in the muscle tissues that make them prone to hernia.
In addition, Zeitels notes, the treatment's mechanism of eradicating
the blood vessels supplying a tumor — highly effective for conventional vocal - cord cancer — is even more useful for treating tumors caused by HPV infection, which are characterized by an excessive overgrowth of blood vessels.
With the approval of the local ethics committee, a 16 - year - old boy with a rare type of liver cancer called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma was given infusions of 3BP into
the blood vessels supplying the tumor, formulated in a proprietary and patented fashion.
Retinopathy affects
the blood vessels supplying the retina - the seeing part of the eye.
New blood vessel growth is an essential part of wound healing as
the blood vessels supply nutrition and oxygen to growing tissue.
These blood vessels supply the hair and surrounding skin with oxygen and other vital nutrients.
One of the major challenges they still face is establishing
a blood vessel supply to sustain the patch.
Not exact matches
It is suggested that women in upright positions give birth more easily because the pelvis is able to expand as the baby moves down; gravity may also be helpful and the baby may benefit because the weight of the uterus will not be pressing down on the mother's major
blood vessels which
supply oxygen and nutrition to the baby.
You may also develop high
blood pressure due to placental problems, which in turn leads to constricted
blood vessels that limit
blood supply to the baby.
Your uterus will harden, doing its job to tighten around the
blood vessels that had
supplied the placenta and your baby with nutrients.
Preeclampsia (previously called toxemia) typically occurs during the second or third trimester of pregnancy and may be related to an abnormal interaction of
blood vessels that
supply the placenta.
In humans, abnormal and excessive
blood vessel growth related to decreased oxygen
supply is the most common cause of blindness in premature babies, diabetics, and the elderly.
Avastin binds to and shuts down a protein that stimulates new
blood vessel formation around the tumor, cutting off its nutrient
supply.
Separately, another lab has confirmed to STAT that they have connected human brain organoids to
blood vessels, the first step toward giving them a
blood supply.
When the scientists inserted human colorectal cancer cells into zebrafish embryos and allowed them to grow for 4 days, the resulting tumors showed three hallmarks of human solid tumors: rapid cell division, formation of
blood vessels to
supply nutrients, and the ability to spread to other locations in the body.
But Dr. Eyal Karzbrun, a member of the Reiner Lab, had to put a bit of a damper on their enthusiasm: the sizes of the organoids they obtained were far from uniform; with no
blood vessels, the insides did not have a steady
supply of nutrients and started to die; and the thickness of the tissue got in the way of the optical imaging and microscope tracking.
These conditions are associated with high
blood sugar, which can damage the
vessels that
supply blood to vital organs and can also increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
The «periorbital subunit» — including the eyelids, underlying neuromuscular structures, and
supplying blood vessels — may be transplanted as an isolated procedure or as part of a full facial transplant, report senior author Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS, Chair of the Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center and colleagues.
The most common cause is blocked
blood vessels that can no longer
supply oxygen and nutrients to the heart and brain.
PVD is a circulation disorder that affects
blood vessels outside of the heart and brain, particularly the veins and arteries that
supply blood to the arms and legs.
They focused on three different types of PVD: arterial disease in the lower extremities, called peripheral artery disease; carotid artery stenosis, which is blockage in the carotid arteries, the major
blood vessels in the neck that
supply blood to the brain, neck and face; and abdominal aortic aneurysm, an enlargement of the lower aorta, the major
blood vessel that
supplies blood to the body.
Among its many function, NO relaxes muscles surrounding
blood vessels, which reduces
blood pressure — a property that led Zapol and his colleagues to investigate its use to treat hypertension in
vessels supplying the lungs.
Researchers from the UNC School of Medicine have discovered that cells called fibroblasts, which normally give rise to scar tissue after a heart attack, can be turned into endothelial cells, which generate
blood vessels to
supply oxygen and nutrients to the injured regions of the heart, thus greatly reducing the damage done following heart attack.
Blood vessel formation is also a critical step in the growth and spreading of cancerous tumours, as tumours require a dedicated blood supply to provide the nutrients for gr
Blood vessel formation is also a critical step in the growth and spreading of cancerous tumours, as tumours require a dedicated
blood supply to provide the nutrients for gr
blood supply to provide the nutrients for growth.
Cancer treatments often target tumors by cutting off
blood vessels and other nutrient
supply routes, so Monje and others are interested to learn whether it may be possible to target nerves via analogous therapies or by simply blocking secreted neural growth factors.
This controlled growth leads to healthy
vessels and, thus, a functioning
blood supply system in the body.
All study participants either had an acute coronary syndrome such as a heart attack or unstable angina 30 days to one year before enrolling; had cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disease, in which the arteries that
supply blood to the brain become constricted; had peripheral vascular disease, a group of disorders affecting
blood vessels outside of the heart and brain; or had both diabetes and coronary artery disease.
Therefore, growing tumors rely on the simultaneous growth of capillaries, the fine branching
blood vessels that form a
supply network for them.
The nerve cells of the central nervous system (CNS), which is composed of the spinal cord, the brain, and the retina, must be
supplied with sufficient oxygen and nutrients through the
blood vessel system during development and their subsequent function.
Surgeons use these prosthetic grafts to bypass diseased or clogged
blood vessels in patients experiencing restricted
blood supply, for example.
To grow larger brains, the stem cells would also have to differentiate into
blood vessels to
supply nutrients to the growing organoid.
These collagen pieces are probably remnants of the
blood vessels that
supplied blood to the bone cells in the living dinosaur.
Due to the lack of oxygen in the cancer cells, VEGF - A (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor) is formed and this promotes the formation of new
blood vessels to
supply the tumor.
New
blood vessels had also grown, providing a
blood supply (ACS Nano, DOI: 10.1021 / nn102461w).
Fat tissue in obese people is believed to exist in a chronic state of mild hypoxia because the small
blood vessels are unable to
supply sufficient oxygen to fat tissue.
Blood vessels need to permeate the bone to
supply it with oxygen and nutrients.
Investigators undertook a large retrospective study of close to 6,000 patients referred to the Primary Cardiovascular Prevention Center at Pitié - Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris between 1995 and 2012 to assess whether NAFLD is incidental to or is the cause of atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries, the major
blood vessels in the neck that
supply blood to the brain, neck, and face.
For a tumour to grow, it must develop
blood vessels that
supply nutrients and oxygen.