Sentences with phrase «major blood vessels»

This is easier said than done because of the many nerves and major blood vessels in this area.

The presence of heartworms causes extensive damage to the heart, the lungs, and the surrounding major blood vessels.

Sleeping on the back is harmful as uterus presses spinal cord along with other major blood vessels which result in back pain.

In this technique, tubes are inserted into major blood vessels close to a baby's heart to divert the blood to a machine which removes the carbon dioxide and adds oxygen.

A nearby major blood vessel was causing excessive blood loss.

Besides the layers of insulating fat, which scientists knew about already, the team noted the unusual pattern of major blood vessels within the turtles» leg muscles.

The first study found that TRALI occurred in 1.4 percent of surgical patients, with higher rates in specific surgical populations such as those having surgery inside the chest cavity, on major blood vessels, or having an organ transplant.

The adults, which can grow up to a foot long, take up residence in the dog's heart, where they block major blood vessels leading to the lungs, liver, and kidneys.

Dr. Laura Riley from Parents Magazine agrees, «Lie on your side — preferably your left side — because major blood vessels lie to the right of your spine, and sleeping on your left side allows blood to flow freely through these vessels.»

Lie on your side — preferably your left side — because major blood vessels lie to the right of your spine, and sleeping on your left side allows blood to flow freely through these vessels.

Lying on your back can cause your enlarging uterus and the weight of your growing baby to rest against and compress major blood vessels, particularly the aorta and the inferior vena cava.

Cats with HCM also are prone to abnormal blood clots, which can form and block major blood vessels.

Doctors at Henry Ford Hospital have created a new route to the heart to implant an artificial heart valve by temporarily connecting major blood vessels that do not normally intersect.

This is of particular interest as the computed tomography (CT) scans of the Iceman already had revealed major calcification in several major blood vessels, including the carotid arteries, distal aorta, and right iliac artery, which are strong signs of generalised atherosclerotic disease.

Lodged less than an inch from Ötzi's left lung, the arrowhead not only paralyzed his left arm but also shattered his shoulder blade, tearing major blood vessels and causing him to bleed to death, probably within hours.

We also offer 3D CT angiography (to view major blood vessels) through our 3D Imaging Laboratory.

And rubbing alcohol on pulse points, inside elbows, anywhere major blood vessels are close to the surface of the skin

The adult worms live in the heart and major blood vessels where they reproduce to create new microfilariae.

Like obese people, these obese birds are prone to developing significant, often life - threatening health problems, such as atherosclerosis (the deposition of cholesterol within major blood vessels exiting the heart that can obstruct blood flow, predisposing to heart attacks, and break off, blocking oxygen delivery to tissues and leading to strokes).

Ferguson was at times combustible and volatile, walking out of press conferences, arguing with the media whilst his face threatened to pop a number of major blood vessels but he would never have dragged the club into battle.

Parasites of such considerable size located in such a vital area do very serious damage, not only to the heart but also to the lungs and the surrounding major blood vessels.

There are major blood vessels in the area and if traumatised the dog could quickly bleed to death.

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.

Again, patients having surgery inside the chest cavity, on major blood vessels, or organ transplants were at greatest risk.

Adult worms cause disease by clogging the heart and major blood vessels leading from the heart.

This restful position can give an exhausted laboring woman a much - needed break, while avoiding the compression of major blood vessels that may occur when lying on your back.

It has also been recommended to avoid sleeping on your back after 20 weeks, as this can compress a major blood vessel called the vena cava.

This was most probably adopted to collapse the major blood vessels to stem bleeding and to extract any induced bacteria from the wound and blood system.

The discomfort is largely due to the heaviness of the uterus resting on top of your spine, back muscles, and major blood vessels.

If your water had broken in a different spot — or if someone had tried to break the membranes artificially (something they do in the hospital all the time)-- a major blood vessel that brought blood to you might have broken, which would have been an emergency.

Buchmann has vascular Ehlers - Danlos syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that weakens connective tissues and major blood vessels.

Reported measures were from the carotid artery in the neck to the femoral artery, a major blood vessel, which supplies the lower body with blood.

As the catheter is removed, plugs are inserted in the artery and the vein to close the holes made for the temporary connection of the two major blood vessels.

As to how the brain's lymphatic vessels managed to escape notice all this time, Kipnis described them as «very well hidden» and noted that they follow a major blood vessel down into the sinuses, an area difficult to image.

The knife passed just under an eye and through the soft tissue of the cheek, missing the brain and major blood vessels.

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.

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.

Failure to block the activity of p53 leads to neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, and some defects of the major blood vessels associated with the heart.

The hematopoietic stem cells that last the lifetime of the organism form within nodes of the mesoderm that line the mesentery and the major blood vessels.

The gut, the major blood vessels, and the nerve bundle are clearly visible.

While no sex position is completely off - limits, pregnant women in their second and third trimesters should be aware that lying flat on their back for an extended period of time «can shift pressure from the enlarged uterus onto the major blood vessels and compromise blood supply to the fetus, so it should be avoided,» says Dr. Klein.

One of the concerns associated with lying on your back is vena cava syndrome, which involves the heavy uterus obstructing a major blood vessel, but that hardly means you should avoid lying on your back altogether.

The elusive lymphatic vessel hid in plain sight, throughout decades of research, because it was very small and tucked behind a major blood vessel.

During pregnancy uterus puts pressure on the major blood vessel responsible for returning blood from the legs to the heart.

Fourteen - year - old Linda suffers from severe epileptic seizures, which began after she fell from a church stage nine years ago and burst a major blood vessel in her brain.

Congestive heart failure in pets may occur when diseases of the heart muscle (known as cardiomyopathy), narrowing of major blood vessels (seen with many congenital heart defects and heart valve issues), and heart rhythm irregularities are present.

If it is possible to separate the tumor from other tissues without damaging any major blood vessels or other vital parts, surgery is the best treatment.

Disease of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy), irregularities of rhythm and narrowing of some of the major blood vessels can also cause CHF.

Pets that become infected develop adult heartworms in their hearts and major blood vessels, eventually causing impaired lung function and heart weakness.

Canine heartworm disease is a serious and potentially fatal parasitic condition in which roundworms develop in the heart and major blood vessels of dogs.