Peripheral arterial interventions

Stenting of the carotid artery. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

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What is stenting of the carotid artery? The carotid artery carries fresh blood from the heart to the neck, the face, and the head including the anterior brain. Two carotid arteries arise from the aorta, the large artery in the chest that comes directly from the left heart; one runs through the right neck, while […]

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Aneurysm of the aorta. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

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What is aorta? The aorta is the large artery that carries blood from the heart and distributes it to the rest of the body. The portion of the artery in the chest is called the thoracic aorta, while the portion in the abdomen or belly is the abdominal aorta. In the chest and abdomen the aorta […]

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Uterine fibroid (artery) embolization. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

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What is uterine fibroid embolization? Uterine fibroids are benign tumors (noncancerous) that grow in the uterus. There may be one or countless fibroids and they grow in any part of the uterus, frequently disfiguring it and making it grow to enormous proportions. These tumors grow and multiply under the influence of the female hormone, estrogen, […]

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Sonography of the arteries of the lower limbs. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

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What is lower limb? Humans are bipeds, animals with 2 legs. We also have 2 arms. In medical terminology each of the legs and arms is called a limb or an extremity, the arms being upper limbs (or upper extremities) and the legs, the lower limbs (or lower extremities). What are arteries of the lower […]

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Sonography of the carotid arteries. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

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What is Carotid artery? An artery is a vessel that carries fresh blood from the heart to another part of the body, while a vein returns used blood to the heart to be pumped to the lungs for oxygenation. (The exceptions to this rule are the pulmonary artery, which carries impure blood from the heart […]

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