In the current issue of Circulation, Mehta and colleagues compared 1-year saphenous vein graft failure (defined as ≥75% angiographic stenosis or occlusion) and 5-year clinical events (composite of ...

The inferior vena cava (also known as IVC or the posterior vena cava) is a large vein that carries oxygen-depleted blood from the torso and lower body to the right side of the heart. From there the ...

Jugular vein distention (JVD) causes a bulge in the veins running down the right side of a person’s neck. It results from increased pressure in a large vein called the vena cava. JVD can signify ...

for noninvasive coronary vein mapping prior to biventricular pacemaker placement and for localization of retrosternal anatomy prior to reoperative chest or cardiac surgery –Inappropriate for ...

The contractile ability of the mammalian heart critically relies on blood coronary circulation, essential to provide oxygen and nutrients to myocardial cells. In addition, the lymphatic vasculature is ...

One of the most recently developed techniques, multislice computed tomographic coronary angiography ... i.e., the superior caval vein and right atrium. This can degrade the image quality and ...

Left main coronary artery. This artery sends blood to the left side of the heart muscle. This includes the left ventricle and left atrium. It divides into these branches: Left anterior descending ...

The transition of flow microenvironments from veins to arteries in vein graft surgery induces “peel-off” of venous endothelial cells (vECs) and results in restenosis. Recently, arterial laminar shear ...