The femoral artery’s function is to bring blood to the lower half of your body. It’s a continuation of another artery, the external iliac artery, which changes names when it passes through the ...

Each common iliac artery then splits into the internal and external iliac arteries. The external iliac artery becomes the femoral artery, which supplies oxygenated blood to the leg. The femoral artery ...

Absent common and external iliac artery is rare and has been described ... arteries reconstitute the internal iliac, distal common femoral, superficial and profunda femoral arteries.

Each leg is supplied by an external iliac artery, which travels beneath the inguinal ligament to form the common femoral artery. The common femoral artery divides to form the superficial femoral ...

The Viabahn is a flexible, self-expanding endoluminal endoprosthesis, consisting of an expanded PTFE lining, with an external ... 61 iliac and 80 femoral arteries for superficial femoral artery ...

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Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at ...

Sixty-two patients, 41 males and 21 females, with a median age of 65 years (range 39–83 years), underwent a total of 63 RIAEs. Initial technical success was obtained in 56 procedures (89% ...