Blood pressure measurement of both arms should be done—an interarm difference of 15 mm Hg should raise the question of subclavian artery disease. The ankle brachial index (ABI) is a simple bedside ...

Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) are at heightened risk of both systemic cardiovascular adverse events, as well as limb-related morbidity. The optimal management of patients with PAD ...

Material and Methods: We performed a narrative review of the literature about the role of the testicular arteries anatomy in the treatment of high undescended testis. We also studied two human testes ...

If you’re feeling sluggish, tired, or even in pain in some areas; your body is trying to tell you that it may need sleep, relief, or even a doctor's visit (especially if the problem is because of your ...

Healthy endothelial cells produce nitric oxide, a molecule that signals arteries to relax and expand, increasing blood flow. This expansion creates lower pressure inside vessels, reducing the ...

His was unable to follow any commands. Inferior Division Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) Infarction: Axial CT scans 3 days after presentation. Note the large lesion in the left temporal and posterior ...

As one surgeon discovered, there's a dangerous new addition to the list: our arteries. Ross Clark, a vascular surgeon and scientist at the University of New Mexico, led a study examining plaque ...

Aberrant right subclavian artery-esophageal fistula is a rare but potentially fatal complication. It may be associated with procedures, such as tracheostomy and tracheal or esophageal intubation, and ...

A small study suggests that fatty plaques in the neck’s carotid arteries may contain over 50 times more micronanoplastics, tiny plastic particles, than healthy arteries. These plaques, which can ...

Right aberrant subclavian artery, also called arteria lusoria, is one of the most common intrathoracic arterial anomalies. Although mostly asymptomatic, the retroesophageal and retrotracheal ...