In patients with unstable coronary artery disease, there is a relation between the short-term risk of death and blood levels of troponin T (a marker of myocardial damage) and C-reactive protein and ...

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As with arterial disease, if the profunda femoris is patent, an occluded femoral vein between the adductor canal and the inflow of the profunda femoris into the CFV may cause minimal morbidity.

What happens if Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz? Artery of global oil turns into ticking time bomb While Tehran has frequently threatened to block the waterway in response to military pressure or ...

An aortobifemoral bypass is a surgery that's done to redirect your blood flow around a large, blocked artery in your groin or abdomen. Learn about what it is and when you might need it.

There are many different types of hernia. Find out here what they look like, what they feel like, and when a person should contact a doctor to get treatment.

Objectives The British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification (BAMIC) correlates with return to play in muscle injury. The aim of this study was to examine hamstring injury diagnoses and outcomes ...

The most frequent type is a tear near the muscle–tendon junction (eg, of the intramuscular tendon of the rectus femoris muscle). Tendinous injuries are either consistent with the partial (type 3) or ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a prevalent condition that confers substantial morbidity and mortality and remains underdiagnosed as well as undertreated in the overall population. Although PAD ...

Conclusions Transfemoral artery balloon dilatation procedures produce superficial femoral artery compromise, but there was no significant limb growth retardation at a 3.5-year mean follow-up, which ...