Cook Medical announced that its Zenith iliac branch device (ZBIS) is now commercially available in the United States. The ...

The iliac arteries carry blood to lower parts of the body and to the legs. Sometimes with aging or other changes, a section of the aorta may weaken and begin to bulge. This bulge can enlarge over time ...

The infra-renal abdominal aorta and iliac arteries are amongst the commonest sites for symptomatic stenotic atherosclerotic lesions. [] Stenoses are most commonly identified in related to arterial ...

An aortic aneurysm extending to the renal arteries was resected, and a preclotted, bifurcation prosthesis of knitted Teflon, 2.1 cm. in diameter, inserted between the aorta and common iliac ...

Two days later aortic embolectomy was done, but the left iliac artery was not completely cleared of thrombotic material and amputation became necessary. This patient is now getting about well on ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms can happen anywhere below the diaphragm. The intrarenal area of the abdomen, just below the kidneys, is one of the most common places to develop an abdominal aneurysm.

The hypogastric artery, also called the iliac artery, provides blood flow to the organs in your pelvis. You have an abdominal aorta, which is a large artery that travels down into your pelvis ...

Use of Proximal Aortic Cuffs as an Adjunctive Procedure During Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair . ... and iliac artery measurements were obtained using three-dimensional reconstructions.

People with aortic stenosis can have chest tightness and shortness of breath -- or no symptoms at all. WebMD explains the different ways this type of valve disease can affect your heart.

Interrupted aortic arch is a rare congenital heart condition first describedby Steidele in 1773. The condition accounts for less than 1% of congenital heart conditions and is part of a broader ...

Sports reporter Grant Wahl died of a rupture of an ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium – an accumulation of blood in the sac around his heart – his wife, Dr. Céline Gounder ...