• A vascular bypass is a surgical procedure performed to redirect blood flow from one area to another by reconnecting blood vessels. Often, this is done...
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    Vascular surgery is a surgical subspecialty in which vascular diseases involving the arteries, veins, or lymphatic vessels, are managed by medical therapy...
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  • Bypass surgery refers to a class of surgery involving rerouting a tubular body part. Types include: Vascular bypass surgery such as coronary artery bypass...
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    comparing vascular bypass to angioplasty for the treatment of severe PAD. The trial found no difference in amputation-free survival between vascular bypass and...
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    vessels or bowel. For example, an arterial anastomosis is used in vascular bypass and a colonic anastomosis is used to restore colonic continuity after...
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  • Revascularization (category Vascular surgery)
    has had ischemia. It is typically accomplished by surgical means. Vascular bypass and angioplasty are the two primary means of revascularization. The...
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    in the case of peripheral artery disease, surgery may be indicated. Vascular bypass surgery can re-establish flow around the diseased segment of artery...
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    Angioplasty (category Vascular procedures)
    occlusion, hematoma, or an earlier placement of a bypass origin, may make access to the vascular system too difficult.[citation needed] Percutaneous...
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    Popliteal bypass surgery, more commonly known as femoropopliteal bypass (FPB, fem-pop, etc.) or more generally as lower extremity bypass surgery, is a...
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  • connection of more than one vein to formulate a long vein conduit for vascular bypass surgery Splice, on a cricket bat, where the handle is joined to the...
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    Gangrene (category Symptoms and signs: Vascular)
    are present, the process can be treated by revascularization (via vascular bypass or angioplasty). However, once gangrene has developed, the affected...
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    dissolve the clot. Surgical options include open thrombectomy and even vascular bypass. Carotid atherosclerosis involves the major branch arteries that provide...
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  • disease, and includes modifying risk factors, revascularization via vascular bypass or angioplasty, and in the case of tissue loss, wound debridement.[citation...
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  • appear before Congress after recovering from one of the earliest known vascular bypass operations to correct a blocked artery. In his testimony, reprinted...
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    Arteriovenous fistula (category Vascular anomalies)
    Carotid-cavernous fistula Fistula Human umbilical vein graft Pseudoaneurysm Vascular bypass "Arteriovenous Fistulas: Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology". 2017-01-07...
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    Aortoiliac occlusive disease (category Vascular diseases)
    revascularization typically using either angioplasty or a type of vascular bypass[citation needed] Kissing balloon angioplasty +/- stent, so named because...
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    term angiography has been applied to radionuclide angiography and newer vascular imaging techniques such as CO2 angiography, CT angiography and MR angiography...
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    is still viable within the 4-6h timeframe. Other options include a vascular bypass to route blood flow around the clot. For secondary prevention of ALI...
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  • conjunction with a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). For patients with coronary artery disease, a vascular bypass may be recommended to reroute blood...
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    performed on the circulatory system: Coronary artery bypass surgery Coronary stent used in angioplasty Vascular surgery Vein stripping Cosmetic procedures Cardiovascular...
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    to the hospital's cardiac intensive care unit, where she underwent vascular bypass surgery. The forensic examination of this body revealed the decedent...
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    Atherectomy (category Vascular surgery)
    is usually employed to treat arteries it can be used in veins and vascular bypass grafts as well. Atherectomy falls under the general category of percutaneous...
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    Takayasu's arteritis (category Vascular diseases)
    not respond to steroids may require revascularization, either via vascular bypass or angioplasty and stenting. Outcomes following revascularization vary...
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  • joint in a previous intravenous drug abuser has also been reported. Vascular bypass surgery is a reported risk factor for colonization. Debate currently...
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  • Intermittent claudication, also known as vascular claudication, is a symptom that describes muscle pain on mild exertion (ache, cramp, numbness or sense...
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    Arterial insufficiency ulcer (category Vascular-related cutaneous conditions)
    insufficiency. The affected region can sometimes be revascularized via vascular bypass or angioplasty. If infection is present, appropriate antibiotics are...
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    Open aortic surgery (category Vascular surgery)
    to treat the entire aortic root. An axillary-bifemoral bypass is another type of vascular bypass used to treat aortic pathology, however it is not true...
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  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF, /vɛdʒˈɛf/), originally known as vascular permeability factor (VPF), is a signal protein produced by many cells...
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  • embolism). Angioscopy is also used as an adjunctive procedure during vascular bypass to visualize valves within venous conduits. The instrument used to...
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    saphenous vein is the conduit of choice for vascular surgeons, when available, for performing peripheral arterial bypass operations. The saphenous vein may undergo...
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