and the ankle-brachial pressure index was 0.4. Selective lower extremity angiography demonstrated complete occlusion of the right distal external iliac artery and common and proximal superficial ...

generalized atherosclerosis resulting in thrombosis is the most common etiology of acute peripheral arterial occlusion. The superficial femoral artery is the most common site of atherosclerotic ...

The patient’s past medical history included two-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting 2 years prior for coronary artery disease, bilateral superficial femoral artery (SFA ... the total occlusion was ...

Femoral neuropathy, also called femoral nerve dysfunction, is one possible cause of movement and sensation problems in the legs. Femoral neuropathy occurs when something affects the femoral nerve ...

Almost any organic occlusion of the arteries may set off a ... Obstruction of a major artery (left) may give rise to reflex vasospasm and red-cell agglutination distally. Inflammation of small ...

Division of Cardiology, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC (M.T., W.S.J., R.V.S., J.R., J.A.G.). Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (M.T., W.S.J., J ...

Basilar artery occlusion is associated with high rates of disability and mortality, and despite advances in endovascular treatment, futile recanalization remains a challenge. This study aims to ...

Directing an adaptation of an iconic book that has already been successfully adapted by the legendary Otto Preminger is an ambitious task for a first-time director, yet that is precisely what Durga ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...

Background Endovascular recanalization for medically refractory non-acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion remains a clinical dilemma, and limited data are available. We report the multicenter ...