Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Key Takeaways The abdominal aorta carries blood from the heart to organs in the lower body.It splits into the right and left common iliac arteries near the pelvis ...

Background: For many patients with aorto-occlusive disease, where stent deployment is not possible, surgery remains the only treatment option available. The aim of this study was to assess the results ...

ANEURYSMECTOMY with prosthetic replacement of the removed arterial segment is now commonplace, and accepted as the treatment of choice for aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. We have been struck by the ...

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, where ...

EL PASO, Texas -- William Beaumont Army Medical Center became the first military treatment facility in the Department of Defense to use the first "off-the-shelf" aortic branch device (stent graft) ...

SUDDEN occlusion of the aortic bifurcation by embolic clot released from the heart constitutes one of the rare but dramatically important emergency situations seen in medical practice. If such a clot ...

Artery narrowing is very uncommon in other-wise healthy young people. However, male cyclists were probably the first competitive athletes to be identified to have narrowing of external iliac artery, ...

Gore designed all-in-one system to preserve iliac artery blood flow in patients with iliac or aortoiliac aneurysms FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., At the Houston Aortic Symposium today, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc ...

A 69-year-old Caucasian male was referred with a 10-year history of ‘resistant’ hypertension. Previous investigations prior to referral to our specialist hypertension clinic had ruled out renal and ...

Gore has announced that the Gore Viabahn VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (VBX Stent Graft) has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Gore has announced that the Gore ...