Every time your heart beats, it pumps blood through a complex network of blood vessels. These blood vessels, which control blood flow, include arteries, veins, and capillaries. If any of these blood ...

Uncontrolled bleeding represents one of the most alarming medical situations people encounter. While minor cuts and scrapes typically stop bleeding within minutes, persistent bleeding despite proper ...

Winrevair, also known as sotatercept-csrk, is a medicine used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), which causes high blood pressure in the arteries that go from your heart to your lungs.

April 6, 2011 (Chicago, Illinois) — An initial session of pelvic arterial embolization (PAE) is safe and effective in 86.2% of patients with postpartum hemorrhage. Ji Hoon Shin, MD, associate ...

A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences measured arterial stiffness in women from wide age range. Increased stiffness is an independent risk factor ...

Arterial ulcers and venous ulcers are chronic wounds with different causes and appearances. Arterial ulcers occur due to arterial disease. Venous ulcers develop as a consequence of chronic venous ...

An atherectomy is a minimally invasive procedure to remove plaque buildup from an artery (blood vessel). Removing this plaque allows blood to flow more freely through the artery. An atherectomy treats ...

Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure to treat peripheral arterial disease of the legs. The procedure widens narrowed arteries in the pelvis or legs. It can help blood flow better. This may ...

A torn artery and a pulsating fountain of blood usually meant one thing to Army surgeons in World War I—amputation. In World War II, it may not mean any such thing. In the American Journal of Surgery ...