Study design: A report of a male subject who sustained paraplegia at T-5 level due to spinal cord injury (SCI) 18 years ago, and in whom, occlusion of the left common iliac vein by a distended bladder ...

May-Thurner Syndrome (MTS) is a condition characterized by the compression of the left common iliac vein (LCIV) by the right common iliac artery, leading to venous outflow obstruction. This syndrome ...

Although the formation of collaterals is classically regarded as a compensatory mechanism to bypass and thus alleviate an obstruction, the mechanism and inducement of collateral formation are unknown.

THE interruption of deep venous pathways in the treatment and prevention of pulmonary embolism has come to be a generally accepted surgical procedure. The preferred sites for division when deep venous ...

FOR the years 1944 and 1945, an average of 1 to 3 patients died each month at the United States Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts, as a result of pulmonary embolism. The diagnosis in 17 of these ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using an interventional approach to treat certain patients suffering from deep vein thrombosis may offer ...

Women who use the standard form of birth control pill may have a much higher than average risk of dangerous blood clots if they also have a vein malformation seen in a quarter of the population, ...

Like highways, roads, and side streets, blood vessels in the human body come in different sizes, with a range of traffic-carrying capacities. These differences are critical to facilitating blood flow ...