A 71-year-old female was admitted to our cardiac surgery clinic for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure. Three months earlier, she had an acute inferoposterior myocardial infarction. She ...

Caroli et al. recently used a haemodynamic computational model to simulate changes in vessel dimensions and blood flow volumes in response to arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation. This study has ...

This study was the first of its kind to explore how taking statin medication affects blood vessel function and exercise response in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) ...

Tsukuba, Japan—In athletes, the arterial structure and function undergo sport-specific adaptations in response to the demands of their activities. For instance, in baseball players, repeated ...

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Tsukuba, Japan—The arteries of athletes demonstrate adaptations in structure and function corresponding to the physical characteristics of the sport. For instance, baseball players repeatedly perform ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD), sometimes also called peripheral vascular disease (PVD), is a circulation disorder that slowly gets worse over time. Calcium and fat materials build up inside the ...

The brachial artery is not used for long-term catheterization and routine hemodynamic monitoring because a high incidence of ischemic complications is anticipated. However, direct brachial artery ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m an 88-year-old woman in good health except that I have had a lot of leg and back pain in the past two or so years. I had spinal stenosis, and I have arthritis as well. A vascular ...