The arteries of the upper limb are clinically very important vessels. Although their detailed arrangement and course are well known, their variations are a bit unclear. The occurrence is varying ...

Acute or chronic upper limb ischemia is an uncommon condition [1,2,3] that is responsible for between 15 and 18% of the procedures undertaken for critically ischemic limbs. [4,5] Thromboembolic ...

Radial artery thrombotic occlusion is common (10.5% in one series of 488 patients), but often asymptomatic, and although patency rates are markedly improved after a 4-week course of low molecular ...

In this instructive Therapy Insight, Dellegrottaglie et al. examine the role of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in the initial diagnosis and subsequent management of patients with peripheral ...

CT angiography is widely available, ... upper and lower extremity arteries: the Task Force on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Artery Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology ...

Schernthaner et al. Value of MDCT Angiography in Developing Treatment Strategies for Critical Limb Ischemia. American Journal of Roentgenology , 2009; 192 (5): 1416 DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1078 Cite ...

For gastroduodenal-artery angiography, ... examinations did not contribute diagnostic information in these cases except for the evidence of a retrogastric mass by upper gastrointestinal series ...

An angiogram is an X-ray of the blood vessels. Doctors use angiograms to help diagnose medical conditions related to the arteries or heart. Learn more about here.

"MR Angiography, using a small quantity of MRI dye injected into a vein in the arm, can produce detailed images of the arteries supplying the brain and can detect even minor degrees of narrowing ...

Acute arm ischemia was responsible for over two-thirds of upper limb revascularization procedures. The majority of patients presented with thromboembolic disease (35%) or acute traumatic arterial ...