(n.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
(n.) Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast, arteries which were exposed to CO showed a higher uptake of cholesterol as compared to their corresponding control.
(2) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(3) Arterial compliance of great vessels can be studied through the Doppler evaluation of pulsed wave velocity along the arterial tree.
(4) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(5) Following central retinal artery ligation, infarction of the retinal ganglion cells was reflected by a 97 per cent reduction in the radioactively labeled protein within the optic nerve.
(6) Each process has been linked to the regulation of cholesterol accretion in the arterial cell.
(7) The adjacent gauge was separated from the ischemic segment by one large nonoccluded diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery.
(8) Of 19 patients with coronary artery disease and "normal" omnicardiograms, only 8 (42%) had normal ventricular angiography.
(9) The main finding of this study is that diabetic adolescents with a high erythrocyte Na,Li countertransport rate have an arterial pressure significantly higher than patients with normal Na,Li countertransport fluxes.
(10) All the women had vaginal ultrasound velocimetry studies in both mainstem uterine arteries through the parametrium before the surgical procedure and again after the procedure.
(11) The origin of the aorta and pulmonary artery from the right ventricle is a complicated and little studied congenital cardiac malformation.
(12) The remaining case had a calibre persistent submucosal artery within the caecum that was found incidentally in a resection specimen.
(13) In patients with coronary artery disease, electrocardiographic signs of left atrial enlargement (LAE-negative P wave deflection greater than or equal to 1 mm2 in lead V1) are associated with increased left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP).
(14) Concentrations of several gastrointestinal hormonal peptides were measured in lymph from the cisterna chyli and in arterial plasma; in healthy, conscious pigs during ingestion of a meal.
(15) Using multiple regression, a linear correlation was established between the cardiac index and the arterial-venous pH and PCO2 differences throughout shock and resuscitation (r2 = .91).
(16) We studied the hemodynamic changes caused by bronchoscopy under LA in mechanically ventilated patients and the effect of LA on the endoscopic decline in arterial pO2.
(17) The article describes an unusual case with development of a right anterior mediastinal mass after bypass surgery with internal mammary artery grafts.
(18) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
(19) Myocardial ischaemia was induced in perfused rabbit hearts by ligating the left main coronary artery.
(20) Arterial oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SaO2) was monitored continuously during normal labour in 33 healthy parturients receiving pethidine and nitrous oxide for analgesia.
Embolism
Definition:
(n.) Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
(n.) Intercalated time.
(n.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Local embolism, vertebral distal-stump embolism, the dynamics of hemorrhagic infarction and embolus-in-transit are briefly described.
(2) report the complications registered, in particular: lead's displacing 6.2%, run away 0.7%, marked hyperthermya 0.0%, haemorrage 0.4%, wound dehiscence 0.3%, asectic necrosis by decubitus 5%, septic necrosis 0.3%, perforation of the heart 0.2%, pulmonary embolism 0.1%.
(3) Decompression sickness and air embolism are medical emergencies.
(4) The clinical features were fever, anemia, and pulmonary embolism.
(5) The ability of autoregulate blood flow in the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuit is critical to prevent cavitation and air embolism.
(6) A retrospective study of autopsy-verified fatal pulmonary embolism at a department of infectious diseases was carried out, covering a four-year period (1980-83).
(7) Right hepatic artery embolization with three coils was performed.
(8) Eight of 11 failures (73%) occurred in patients with a coagulopathy, whereas three patients (27%) in whom embolization was successful also had a coagulopathy.
(9) A specific central vein catheter for puncture of the brachiocephalic vein has been developed which is provided with a valve by which air-embolism and unwanted bleeding from the catheter are eliminated.
(10) Insertion of IVC filters by percutaneous approach was successfully performed in 6 patients with recurrent pulmonary embolism.
(11) In addition the following are recommended: intra-arterial embolization of the A. maxilleris interna by carotis external angiography and intranasal contact irradiation with cobalt, radium, or iridium.
(12) Excessive poppet wear has also been noted in the aortic position; poppet embolization has occurred on 2 occasions, and a third patient was found, at the time of reoperation for periprosthetic leak, to have opppet wear sufficient to permit embolization.
(13) Recently, continuous arterial infusion of 5-FU, MTX and other agents, arterial infusion of MMC and ADM over a given time course, plus microcapsulation of anticancer agents or improved chemotherapy for possible embolization, have been used to deal with embolisms.
(14) During the follow-up period 4 patients in group I had an embolic accident, as against none of the group II patients (p less than 0.01); 3 of these 4 patients had persistent uptake at control scintigraphy.
(15) If endovenous thromboses on permanent cardiac stimulation catheter are rather frequent, it is usual to note the absence of complications, especially embolic complications.
(16) Total necrosis of the tumor was found in 2 patients who underwent surgery 1 month after embolization.
(17) in 1937, the arterial spasm may have occurred at the time of cerebral embolism.
(18) Embolization was considered an adjuvant procedure; carried out to reduce the size of the malformation or eliminate the deep arterial supply to it prior to excision.
(19) A child should be tested for lupus anticoagulant or anticardiolipin antibody if venous or arterial occlusion occurs without a known predisposing cause, or if there is pulmonary embolism or symptoms or laboratory findings suggestive of a connective tissue disease.
(20) Immediately after embolization 141Ce labelled microspheres were administered into the left ventricle.