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Vascular Diseases
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Brain Disorder Linked to Genetic Defect (05/19/2005, United Press International)
- One Blood Clot Leads to Chance of Another (05/18/2005, United Press International)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Cardiovascular Disease: A Blueprint for Understanding the Leading Killer (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Vascular Diseases (Society of Interventional Radiology)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Angiogram (Society for Vascular Surgery)
- Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Duplex Ultrasound (Society for Vascular Surgery)
- MR Angiography (MRA) (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Ultrasound: Vascular (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- What You Need to Know about Angiography (American Society of Radiologic Technologists) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish
Treatment
- Treatment
- Angioplasty and Stenting (Society for Vascular Surgery)
- Aortobifemoral Bypass
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Also available in: Spanish - Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM): Treatment (International Radiosurgery Support Association)
- Catheter Embolization (Radiological Society of North America)
- Endarterectomy (Society for Vascular Surgery)
- Interventional Radiology Treatments for Blocked Blood Vessels (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- Questions and Answers about Warfarin (Coumadin) (UpToDate)
- Surgical Bypass (Society for Vascular Surgery)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Vascular Lesions of the Central Nervous System (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Also available in: Spanish - Atherosclerosis (American Heart Association)
- Bruit (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Cavernous Malformation (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Cerebral Arteriosclerosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Chronic Venous Insufficiency (Society for Vascular Surgery)
- Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Microangiopathic Ischemic Disease (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Renovascular Conditions (Society for Vascular Surgery)
- Vascular Loop (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Diabetic Vascular Disease (Society for Vascular Surgery)
- Stent (Food and Drug Administration)
- Vascular Birthmarks (American Academy of Dermatology)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Arteriosclerosis (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Cardiovascular Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Vascular Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- Can Special Cholesterol Tests Help Predict a Person's Risk for Atherosclerosis? (American College of Physicians)
- Does Aerobic Exercise Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis? (American College of Physicians)
- Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study Extension (HOPE-TOO) (National Cancer Institute)
- Oxygen Level on Buttocks Detects Pelvic Blood Flow Problems (American Heart Association)
- Parents' Smoke Injures Children's Blood Vessels (American Heart Association)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Atlas of the Body: The Circulatory System -- Arterial (American Medical Association)
- Atlas of the Body: The Circulatory System -- Venous (American Medical Association)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Heart Association
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Society of Interventional Radiology