A NUMBER of years ago, in searching for an accessible vessel from which blood could readily be obtained several times a week, we found that the small saphenous vein could easily be visualized and ...

Figure 1. A 75-year-old man who was taking 8 mg of prednisone per day for systemic lupus erythematosus was admitted for the evaluation of an enlarging chest mass. Seventeen years earlier he had ...

Blood collection is a common procedure in animal research. This column describes humane methods of collecting blood from the rat and the gerbil that can be carried out by a single person on an awake ...

Keyhole saphenous vein har vesting is done under general anaesthesia at the same time as coronary artery bypass grafting. An endoscope (a thin flexible tube with a camera on the end) is inserted ...

Intracoronary radiation therapy is effective in reducing the recurrence of in-stent stenosis in native coronary arteries. We examined the effects of intravascular gamma radiation in patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with prior bypass surgery who need PCI had better 1-year results when the procedure was performed on ...

In patients undergoing CABG surgery, the use of radial-artery grafts as a second conduit results in a lower incidence of adverse cardiac events and a higher patency rate at 5 years compared with ...

Interv Cardiol. 2012;4(5):527-536. The venous anatomy of the lower leg is made up of two axial systems, a superficial and a deep venous system. The superficial system lies above the muscle fascia in ...

The great saphenous vein is a large venous blood vessel running near the inside surface of the leg from the ankle to the groin. It arises from the dorsal venous arch at the top (dorsum) of the foot ...

2.1 Varicose veins are a sign of underlying venous insufficiency. Primary valvular incompetence is the most common underlying cause of varicose veins. The saphenous veins are the most frequently ...

Superficial venous thrombosis (SVT), also termed superficial thrombophlebitis of the lower extremities is a common, generally benign condition characterized by tenderness, swelling, and induration ...