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Pulmonary embolism - saddle embolus
Published
01 May 2009
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Contraceptive implant embolisation
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02 Feb 2022
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Lie classification of vasculitis
The Lie classification of vasculitis was proposed in 1994 1.
Classification
Primary vasculitides
affecting large, medium, and small blood vessels (see large vessel vasculitides)
Takayasu arteritis
temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis)
isolated angiitis of the central nervous system
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Fibroadipose vascular anomaly
Fibroadipose vascular anomaly (FAVA) is an intramuscular vascular anomaly consisting of phlebectasia (dilatation of veins) and fibrofatty replacement of muscle which was first described in 2014. It is in the "provisionally unclassified" category of the ISSVA classification of vascular anomalies....
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Bronchial artery
The bronchial arteries are the major supply of high-pressure oxygenated blood to the supporting structures of the lung, including the pulmonary arteries, but contribute only 1% of total lung blood flow. Blood in the bronchial circulation does not take part in gas exchange unless there is patholo...
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Azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava
Published
11 Jul 2012
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Aberrant right subclavian artery
Aberrant right subclavian arteries (ARSA), also known as arteria lusoria, are among the commonest aortic arch anomalies.
Epidemiology
The estimated incidence is 0.5-2% 1.
Associations
as can be expected from the embryological development of the artery, the right recurrent laryngeal nerve is...
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Brachiocephalic trunk
The brachiocephalic trunk (BCT) (also known as the brachiocephalic artery, and previously as the innominate artery) is the first branch of the aortic arch and supplies the head, neck and right arm.
Terminology
Although sometimes described as such, the brachiocephalic trunk is not one of the gr...
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS or TIPSS) is a treatment for portal hypertension in which direct communication is formed between a hepatic vein and a branch of the portal vein, thus allowing some proportion of portal flow to bypass the liver. The target portosystemic gradient...
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Venous circle of Trolard
The anastomotic venous circle of the base of the brain 1, also referred to as the venous circle of Trolard 2,3,5, is an inconsistently found venous homologue of the better-known arterial circle of Willis.
It should not be confused with other venous structures also described by Trolard such as t...
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Right aortic arch with left aberrant subclavian artery and azygos continuation of IVC
Published
30 Apr 2020
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Subacute posterior inferior cerebellar artery infarct
Published
07 Feb 2022
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Leaking abdominal aneurysm
Published
28 Mar 2012
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Callosomarginal artery
The callosomarginal artery, also known as median artery of corpus callosum, is the largest branch of the pericallosal artery. It courses within or posterior to the cingulate sulcus, in parallel orientation to the pericallosal artery. It divides to give two or more cortical branches to supply the...
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Basilar artery fenestration
Basilar artery fenestration (or more simply, basilar fenestration) is the most common intracranial arterial fenestration and most common congenital anomaly of the basilar artery. This anatomic variant is characterised by duplication of a portion of the artery that are connected proximally and di...
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Pericardiophrenic artery
The pericardiophrenic artery, also known as the pericardiacophrenic artery, is a branch of the internal thoracic artery that runs to the diaphragm where it anastomoses with both the musculophrenic and superior phrenic arteries. It runs with the phrenic nerve and pericardiophrenic vein between th...
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Infected abdominal aortic aneurysm endovascular stent
Published
13 Jan 2017
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Nuclear medicine
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Perforating veins of the lower limb
The perforating veins of the lower limb (PV or “perforators”) are so called because they perforate the deep fascia of muscles, to connect the superficial venous systems of the lower extremity with the deep veins where they drain. There are numerous veins in variable arrangement, connection, size...
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Subclavian artery branches (mnemonic)
Helpful mnemonics to remember the branches of the subclavian artery include:
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Mnemonics
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V: vertebral art...
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Tibioperoneal trunk
The tibioperoneal or TP trunk, occasionally referred to as the tibiofibular trunk, is the direct continuation of the popliteal artery in the posterior upper leg after the anterior tibial artery origin. It is a short trunk that bifurcates into two terminal branches.
Summary
origin: continuatio...
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