Body position can affect the accuracy of vital sign measurements that indicate arterial stiffness—a risk factor for heart ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...

Routine use of antibiotics prior to groin puncture for vascular access is not recommended. The common femoral artery is the recommended access site for pediatric DCA. In small children and when the ...

Results For femoral artery access, DSA protocols resulted in significantly higher doses than those utilizing fluoroscopy alone (p=0.007). Roadmaps using 3 p/s or 4 p/s delivered significantly less ...

femoral artery and tibial artery. CAVI is less affected by blood pressure at the time of measurement than the gold standard method (carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV)). Our group has developed ...

Keeping blood pressure under control is critical. For patients who have been unable to successfully maintain that control, there is a new, cutting-edge surgical procedure available at The Heart Center ...

Addressing the underlying cause of hemorrhagic shock is crucial; in this case, emergency femoral artery and vein repair was performed to control bleeding from ... Hemodynamics remained stable (24-hour ...

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The superficial femoral artery is the most common site of atherosclerotic narrowing. In addition, aggressive use of bypass grafts has resulted in a greater number of patients presenting with acute ...