femoral artery
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffemoralandartery
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femoral
adjective
uk/ˈfem.ər.əl/us/ˈfem.ɚ.əl/
relating to the femur (= the long bone in the upper part of ...
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artery
noun[C]
uk/ˈɑː.tər.i/us/ˈɑːr.t̬ɚ.i/
one of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of ...
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(Definition offemoralandarteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Two puppies died, one from bleeding from thefemoralarteryand the other from thrombotic obstruction at the superior mesenteric artery, both after successful implantation.
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Cardiac catheterization from the rightfemoralarterywas inconclusive, as the pigtail catheter could not be maneuvered into the ascending aorta.
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Cannulations of the radial vein andfemoralarterywere performed for delivering drugs and monitoring blood pressure, respectively.
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Six patients (three less than one year of age) developed early occlusion of thefemoralartery, with three responding well to infusion of streptokinase.
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A catheter is introduced via thefemoralarteryand directed into the target vessel under image control.
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Catheters were placed in thefemoralarteryand vein for blood pressure and sampling.
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In the fourth patient, an asymptomatic pseudoaneurysm of the rightfemoralarterywas noted one month after the procedure.
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The heart was accessed, percutaneously, via the rightfemoralarteryand vein.
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The percentage of flow directed to the carotid, superior mesenteric, and renal arteries, declined significantly while theflowin thefemoralarterysignificantly increased.
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After rewarming and weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass, open-chest dogs were maintained for three hours while blood samples were obtained from thefemoralartery.
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One had bleeding from thefemoralarteryand the other had superior mesenteric arterial thrombosis.
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Vascular approach for balloon aortic dilatation in small babies is of major concern, due to the high risk offemoralarteryinjury.
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A different device patient had to be treated overnight with heparin forfemoralarteryocclusion.
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