New findings from the ROX CONTROL HTN study show that insertion of a stent-like device in patients with uncontrolled hypertension produces an instant lowering of blood pressure (BP). In their ...

LONDON, UK — A paper-clip–sized implant inserted between the artery and vein in the central arterial tree, which is designed to shunt blood out of the artery and into the vein, has shown positive ...

Shunting blood from an iliac artery to a neighboring vein via a percutaneous “coupler” device dramatically reduces blood pressure (BP) in patients with resistant hypertension, according to data ...

A heparin-coated endovascular prosthesis has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of stenosis or thrombotic occlusions at the venous anastomosis of synthetic ...

Stenosis is the main complication of all types of arteriovenous access for hemodialysis. Many stenoses remain asymptomatic, or at least undiagnosed, until the occurrence of acute thrombosis. There is ...

NEW ORLEANS — With the help of nanotechnology, interventionalists might soon be able to create an immediate and permanent percutaneous arteriovenous fistula that has patency and maturation rates ...

Anastomosis is the connection of two things that are normally diverging. In medicine, an anastomosis typically refers to a connection between blood vessels or between two loops of the intestine. An ...

Hypertension remains a major and growing public health problem associated with the greatest global rate of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Although numerous factors contribute to poor control ...

VENOUS anastomoses connecting the portal and pulmonary veins have been shown in cirrhotic patients by post-mortem injection, 1 and there has been considerable speculation concerning their possible ...

The report covers primary arterial reconstruction in the iliofemoral arterial trunk. Specifically omitted are aortic reconstructions. Late secondary reconstructions performed on limbs in which a ...