Flying increases the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis. Here, vascular surgeons give advice on how to avoid and treat ...

Iliac venous outflow obstruction has an important ... A slit-like narrowing of the lumen of a vein, even with no alteration in cross-sectional area, may increase resistance to flow.

This could be due to several factors. Women tend to have wider pelvises compared to men, and the left iliac vein passes between the spine and the right iliac artery, which crosses over it.

and the left iliac vein, which returns blood from the left leg towards the heart. These blood vessels naturally cross over each other in the pelvis. MTS results when the artery squeezes the vein ...

the floor of the obturator fossa with circumferential mobilization of the external iliac artery and vein unless contraindicated owing to extensive atherosclerotic vascular disease. Extended ...

As a curious child, you might remember staring at an older relative's thick stockings at the blue, gnarled veins lying under the skin like bumpy snakes. Known as varicose veins, these blood ...

Arteries and veins are the major blood vessels in your body. Arteries carry blood from the heart, while veins carry blood to the heart. Arteries and veins are two of the body’s main types of ...

In addition, an anatomical compression of the left common iliac vein by the right common iliac artery was visualized. This hemodynamically relevant stenosis (so-called May-Thurner syndrome ...

The vein locator has been proven effective even in infants as young as six months old, and testing showed that the device improved the IV one-time success rate by 30%. It can also work with any ...

It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac arteries. The iliac arteries carry blood to lower parts of the body and to the legs. Sometimes with aging or ...