Engineers from Texas A University (TAMU) have developed a groundbreaking tiny chip that mimics real human blood vessels, ...

In both cases the anatomic lesion producing the reversal of blood flow was a stenosis of the left subclavian artery proximal to the origin of the vertebral artery. The cause of the reversed flow ...

“Aortic stenosis is a common yet dangerous heart condition." “It happens when the aortic valve, the main outflow valve of the heart, stiffens and narrows. This causes reduced blood flow from the heart ...

These patients are typically given dobutamine to alter blood flow to assess the transvalvular gradient with normal flow. “The best estimate of the severity of aortic stenosis is the projected orifice ...

Lille, France - Acquired type 2A von Willebrand syndrome is common in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and the ... the mechanical obstruction of blood flow and that hemostatic ...

Aortic-valve stenosis can be complicated by bleeding ... syndrome is a consequence of the mechanical obstruction of blood flow and that hemostatic abnormalities and bleeding are symptoms of ...

The carotid stenosis is then usually predilated using a balloon catheter. A metal mesh (stent) is inserted, which keeps the artery open to maintain blood flow and prevent restenosis and embolism.