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artery

any of the tubular thick-walled muscular vessels that convey oxygenated blood from the heart to various parts of the body
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artery

[′ärd·ə·rē]
(anatomy)
A vascular tube that carries blood away from the heart.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Variation in branching pattern of dorsalis pedis artery. Int.
Dorsalis pedis artery (DPA) aneurysm, though uncommon, has been classically reported in the literature as either true aneurysm or psudoaneurysm secondary to trauma.
Doppler flow study showed normal flow in dorsalis pedis artery bilaterally.
However, the right foot was warm and pulsation was present in the dorsalis pedis artery at that time.
BOSTON--Bypass of a diseased dorsalis pedis artery in the foot can often resolve ischemic ulcers in patients with diabetes.
BOSTON -- Bypass of a diseased dorsalis pedis artery in the foot can often resolve ischemic ulcers, even in patients with diabetes.
Halpern, "Pseudoaneurysm of the dorsalis pedis artery," Injury, vol.
After a complicated clinical course which required heparin drip for myocardial infarction, the patient experienced upper GI bleeding and a cold left foot with absent pulse in the dorsalis pedis artery. On day 9 from initial exposure to heparin, clinical suspicion of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis (HITT) led to evaluation with HIT antibodies which were confirmed days later by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA.
In 9 (18.37%) out of 49 patients of group 'A', either of the radial arteries couldn't be cannulated successfully and femoral or dorsalis pedis artery was tried.
The patient was able to actively move his ankle, as well as his toes, and both posterior tibialis artery and dorsalis pedis artery were palpable.
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