The external iliac artery is a major blood vessel transporting oxygenated blood out of the pelvic region and into the leg. This is a paired artery, meaning the body actually possesses two external ...

The internal iliac artery, also called the hypogastric artery, is the dominant artery in the pelvic area. It is usually shorter in length than the external iliac artery. The main function of this ...

From April 1994 to September 2003, 62 patients with symptomatic iliac artery occlusive disease were scheduled for a total of 63 RIAEs at a single vascular center in a teaching hospital. Baseline ...

AMONG the problems that occasionally confront the vascular surgeon are acute arterial thromboses. Such thrombi in the superficial femoral artery, superimposed on atherosclerosis, often lead to ...

A boy was born at 39 weeks gestation with a birth weight of 2690 g to a 22-year-old G1P0 mother. All prenatal laboratory screens were unremarkable except the screening glucose test, which was abnormal ...