X-ray
X-rays is a form of electromagnetic radiation.
Aneurysm
Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain (the circle of Willis) and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart. When the size of an aneurysm increases, there is a significant risk of rupture, resulting in severe hemorrhage, other complications or death. Aneurysms can be hereditary or caused by disease, both of which cause the wall of the blood vessel to weaken. Read more…
Number of View: 798Intravascular ultrasound
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a medical imaging methodology using a specially designed catheter with a miniaturized ultrasound probe attached to the distal end of the catheter. The proximal end of the catheter is attached to computerized ultrasound equipment. It allows the application of ultrasound technology to see from inside blood vessels out through the surrounding blood column, visualizing the endothelium (inner wall) of blood vessels in living individuals. Read more…
Number of View: 1460Categories: Interventional Tags: Intravascular, IVUS, Ultrasound
Leriche’s syndrome
In medicine, aortoiliac occlusive disease, also known as Leriche’s syndrome and Leriche syndrome, is atherosclerotic occlusive disease involving the abdominal aorta and/or both of the iliac arteries. Read more…
Number of View: 1398Categories: Interventional Tags: aortoiliac, disease, leriche, Leriche's, occlusive, syndrome
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis (arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a condition in which an artery wall thickens as a result of the accumulation of fatty materials such as cholesterol. It is a syndrome affecting arterial blood vessels, a chronic inflammatory response in the walls of arteries, caused largely by the accumulation of macrophage white blood cells and promoted by low-density lipoproteins (plasma proteins that carry cholesterol and triglycerides) without adequate removal of fats and cholesterol from the macrophages by functional high density lipoproteins (HDL). Read more…
Number of View: 1622Categories: General Tags: arteriosclerotic, ASVD, Atherosclerosis, disease, vascular
Jones fracture
A Jones fracture is a fracture of the diaphysis of the fifth metatarsal of the foot.
The fifth metatarsal is at the base of the small toe. Read more…
