Where's the Best Place To Bite a Person? And Other Vampire Questions Answered. Nov 21, 2009
The next biggest artery is the femoral artery, which runs down the leg and is best accessed in the upper thigh. Again, it's hard to stem blood loss from the femoral artery, which is roughly the size of an index fingervictims of gunshot wounds to the groin area often die within minutes. (Slate)
Hidden Mistakes In Hospitals Nov 16, 2009
But within hours, Faile was screaming in pain as blood gushed into his abdomen after surgeons accidentally cut his femoral artery. Soon afterward, with Faile's organs damaged by the excess pressure, doctors were bracing a stunned Justine Faile for the possibility that her husband might not survive the night. (FOX61, CT)
Appeals court asked to reconsider ruling Nov 14, 2009
Alexander Nesom, 20, died after being shot once in the left thigh, which perforated the femoral artery and vein, causing him to bleed to death. The confrontation began when Malden police officers spotted a car that had been reported stolen. (Boston Globe)
DA rules police action justified in August shooting; officers return to work Nov 14, 2009
The Office of the Medical Examiner performed an autopsy on Nesom and ruled the death a homicide caused by a single gunshot wound to the left thigh area, which perforated the femoral artery and vein, resulting in blood loss and death. The three officers were transported to Whidden Hospital where they were treated and released for their injuries. (Malden Observer, MA)
Smoking Gun: Just One Cigarette Has Harmful Effect On Arteries Of Young Healthy Adults Oct 28, 2009
Arterial measurements were taken in the radial artery (in the wrist), the carotid artery (in the neck), and in the femoral artery (in the groin), at rest and after exercise. Arterial stiffness in both smokers and non-smokers was measured using a new but well established method called applanation tonometry. (Science Daily)
Lifestyle Changes Remain Important In Fighting Peripheral Arterial Disease Oct 22, 2009
30, 2005) Stanford researchers implanted a drug-coated, flexible, metal-mesh tube called a drug-eluting stent into the superficial femoral artery in a patient's thigh. Researchers hope the drug coating. (Science Daily)
Nick of time Oct 18, 2009
" Saving limbsThe clinic sees around 20-35 cases each day in the foot clinic, but only have about two to three amputations each year. It compares very favourably with other units - particularly as some patients have been referred for a second, or even third, opinion. John - who has had heart and renal problems - was admitted to the clinic as an emergency. He realised he could lose some toes - but was not aware until after his treatment that his whole foot was at risk. He underwent bypass surgery... (BBC News -- UK)
LETTER: Public option may leave patients without many Oct 16, 2009
I guess the warranty on my four-year-old synthetic femoral artery had expired. Health Alliance, which costs me a few hundred a month paid all but 9. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Insulin boost restores muscle growth in elderly Sep 26, 2009
Blood samples taken from catheters inserted in the femoral artery and vein of each subject enabled the researchers to calculate blood flow and muscle protein synthesis, and muscle biopsies allowed them to measure levels of signaling molecules involved in muscle protein growth. All the data pointed in the same direction, showing that a blood insulin level double that produced by a typical meal seems to turn back the clock on elderly thigh muscle. (EurekAlert!)
Boy, 15, shot in leg at party in Trenton Sep 22, 2009
The boy was taken to Capital Health at Fuld, where he was listed in stable condition after undergoing emergency surgery to repair damage to the femoral artery and femur bone, police said. The victim was shot while dancing with a female friend at a party around 1:15 a.m. Sunday in the 100 block of North Broad Street, police said. (NJ.com -- Times)
Rapid-response Technology from NeuroInterventions, Inc. Aims to Quickly Restore Brain's Blood Flow After a Stroke Sep 14, 2009
"But, even after a patient reaches a hospital, it can take as long as 60 minutes just to introduce a conventional catheter through the femoral artery and steer it to the site, before you can start to deal with the clot.". NeuroInterventions systems can dissolve or extract clots and, if necessary, deliver medication. (PR Newswire)
Police sergeant moves beyond attack, eyes leadership role Sep 5, 2009
The knife sliced her femoral artery, and she would have bled to death in the Alps Road supermarket if a nurse who was shopping hadn't helped. Gale was in a coma for two weeks and had several surgeries to save her leg, and after she was released from the hospital 45 days later, she spent a month in intensive therapy at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Cardiovascular Diseases: Researchers Have Found A Way To Treat Ischemic Pathologies Aug 19, 2009
For their research purposes, they used an ischemic model provoked in a mouse leg through ligation of the femoral artery. In other words, they closed off the femoral artery and stopped the blood flow to the limb ... The aim was to artificially help stimulate the production of HIF after the femoral artery had been closed off. (Science Daily)
Extractinga killer Aug 17, 2009
And a trip into a Cath Lab where an interventional neuroragiologist inserts a flexible, 5-foot guide wire into the femoral artery, gently pushing it up to the heart and then through one of the four arteries that lead to the brain's blood vessels. Dye is then injected into the vessels and the image projected on a flat-screen computer monitor mounted above the patient. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
JARDINE: The Long Blue Line Jul 30, 2009
Cahoone nearly died because a bullet pierced his femoral artery. "He lost three of his body's five pints of blood (through internal bleeding)," a Modesto police spokesman said at the time. (Modesto Bee, CA)
First aid might save the life of your furry friend Jul 25, 2009
I thought we'd check in the neck or on the "wrist," but no. You check the femoral artery, which is under a back leg. Who knew. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A ticking bomb: Novel UCLA procedure treats high-risk aortic aneurysms Jul 16, 2009
Working through a small incision in the groin, surgeons thread the tiny, tube-like endograft through the femoral artery and guide it towards the aortic aneurysm. Once in place and released, the endograft acts like a stent, relining the aortic artery wall, and becomes the new conduit for blood flow, closing off the aneurysm. (EurekAlert!)
Treatment of Pseudoaneurysms Jul 12, 2009
This method is often preferred because a large surgery is not needed; instead, the covered stent can be inserted endovascularly, for example through the femoral artery in the patient's groin. Ultrasounded-guided compression of the pseudoaneurysm: Since the pseudoaneurysm exists and expands because it receives blood from a leakage from a small hole in an artery, it is expected that the pseudoaneurysm will shrink and clot off if the connection with the supplying artery is removed. (Suite101.com)
Kenneth Kensey, Inventor of the Angio-Seal(R), Dies at 58 Jul 10, 2009
With John E. Nash, Kensey founded Kensey-Nash Corporation in 1984, where he was responsible for creating numerous new medical technologies including the Angio-Seal(R), the leading femoral artery puncture closure device marketed by St. Jude Medical, as well as the Kensey Catheter for Dynamic Angioplasty. Dr. Kensey's devices are in use worldwide. (PR Newswire)
Pamplona's running of the bulls leaves 4 injured Jul 8, 2009
The device is the only stent-graft approved by the FDA for the treatment of patients suffering from Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) in superficial femoral artery (SFA) lesions and iliac artery lesions. In the US alone, as many as 12 million people suffer from PAD.. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Super glue: It's holding us together these days Jul 7, 2009
To repair it, the surgeon inserts a microcatheter through a small slit in the groin and snakes it up the femoral artery and into the brain. Its tiny tube injects Onyx directly into the aneurysm, filling it and hardening to seal it off from the blood vessel. (Montana Standard, MT)
Doc Found Jackson Barely Alive, Didn't Drug Him, Lawyer Says Jun 29, 2009
But attorney, Edward Chernoff, said Murray found Jackson unconscious in his bedroom, detected a weak pulse in his femoral artery, and began CPR.. "He just happened to find him in his bed, and he wasn't breathing," the lawyer said. (ABC News)
No painkiller before Jackson's death: lawyer Jun 29, 2009
"There was a weak pulse in his femoral artery. "He started administering CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)," Chernoff told the paper. The newspaper also reported that Chernoff strongly denied that Dr. Murray had ever "furnished or prescribed" Demerol to Jackson. The newspaper also quoted a source close to the investigators who said the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) interview of Dr. Murray failed to turn up any smoking gun linking him with the death. Separately, LAPD Lt. Gregg Strenk... (Xinhuanet, China)
Time and tradition Jun 23, 2009
He makes a cut at the knuckle and pushes between the two main muscles in the leg to force out any remaining blood from the femoral artery. To finish the job, Calabrese uses a large hypodermic needle to flush the artery with salt water, then massages the water through the leg. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Abbott Announces EuroPCR 2009 Activities May 18, 2009
Prostar XL: Physicians can learn about the Prostar XL Percutaneous Vascular Surgical System vessel closure device, which now has CE Mark for use following minimally invasive procedures that allow large access sites up to 24F in the femoral artery in the upper thigh. The Prostar XL currently is the only vessel closure device with this indication in the European Union. (PR Newswire)
Why Females Do Not Fare As Well As Men In Undergoing Angioplasty For Heart Attacks May 12, 2009
In PCI, an interventional cardiologist makes a small puncture in the groin and introduces a slender tube, or catheter, into the femoral artery. The catheter is threaded up through the aorta and into the arteries that supply blood to the heart. (Science Daily)
Giving your pets CPR can save them May 8, 2009
" She recommends approaching an animal from behind, to make sure the animal is not just frightened. "I always like to make noise," she says. "Make sure the pet is not reacting," Then, go to your ABCs. A -- check the animal's airway. "You would open up their mouth and you would pull out the tongue and you try to see if something is blocking the airway," she said. Then B -- check for breathing. "You can either look to see if their chest or rising, or you can listen for it or feel for their... (KHOU.com, TX)
A Mother and Daughter Find Life in Bangkok May 7, 2009
He spent 24 years in the commando forces, and to this day is the only human I know who can do all of the following: 1) get himself out of a minefield intact, 2) stabilize a sucking chest wound with a plastic bag, 3) build a stretcher with found objects, and 4) locate the femoral artery and staunch the spurting blood flow of both human and canine casualties alike, should such a tragedy strike. He can also navigate his way out of a desert or get himself out of quicksand. (Slate)
This is a test of the emergency room writing system Apr 29, 2009
A tube, sheathing a guide wire with an eye peeking out the end, was plunged into the groin and goosed through the femoral artery to the heart, where it saw three blockages. That view sent this soldier bounding over Boston s bumpy boulevards by ambulance to the new operating theater at St. Elizabeth s Medical Center in Brighton for open heart surgery. (Weymouth News, MA)
NURSE’S NOTES - Focus of stroke protocols is quick treatment Apr 29, 2009
This means a catheter is inserted into the femoral artery to deliver tPA directly to the clot, giving more opportunity to open the artery and save the brain. The clot-retrieval device extracts the blood clot from the artery allowing restoration of blood flow and function of the brain. (Missoulian, MT)
Bullfighting's Blood Brothers Apr 20, 2009
" rtwtoreria is a classic example of nonsense to support violence. And then there is the teacher who wants to teach it in her class room--heaven help society! Let's face it, some traditions are just too cruel to perpetuate. Personally, I did not see any behavior deserving of an award. These brothers just add to the already high nunber of wothless morans. If you want a kinder, more compassionate world, it must be indoctrinated from the cradle. Posted by no_nonesense at 11:45 PM : Apr 19, 2009... (CBS News)
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - New study shows that Zilver(R) PTX(TM) effectively treats blockages in critical thigh artery Apr 15, 2009
4 years in the challenging superior femoral artery and popliteal arteries, including behind the knee locations. One in five in the 65- to 75-year-old age group in the UK* has peripheral arterial disease (PAD). (PR Newswire)
Accurate Assessment Of Heart Disease Leads To Earlier, More Aggressive Therapy Apr 10, 2009
This invasive test is performed by inserting a catheter into the femoral artery of the leg and threading it into the aorta. A contrast dye is then injected, and X-rays record areas where narrowing or blockage in one or more coronary arteries has occurred. (Science Daily)
Suspect arrested in weekend shooting Apr 3, 2009
The bullet shattered Lopez s left femur and cut his femoral artery, Stringer said. A rod was placed in Lopez s leg and he is expected to stay in the hospital for the next two weeks. (Cameron Herald, TX)
Kidney Nerve Deactivation Could Ease Hypertension Apr 1, 2009
The treatment involves placing a catheter in the femoral artery (in the abdomen/thigh), guiding it to the renal (kidney) artery, and advancing it to where the kidney nerves are located. Radiofrequency energy is then used to disrupt the nerves. (MEDLINEplus)
What is aortic valve replacement surgery? Mar 10, 2009
We go from the femoral artery in the groin and work our way back almost 100 centimeters [40 inches] to the aortic valve. The whole procedure takes an hour and a half and is the way the whole field is going. (Scientific American)
Living through an IED Mar 4, 2009
A fellow Corps employee in the seat beside her, Jarrod Bonnick, was badly wounded with a severed femoral artery. Two personal security escorts were in the front seat. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Illegal migrant shot, dies near border in the area of Lochiel Mar 4, 2009
The decedent shot from an elevated position which entered the right buttock, shattering the femur bone and femoral artery and exited through the right knee, said sheriffs detectives, who added that the witnesses traveled back into Mexico to seek medical attention for Montenegro-Mendez. Lt. Raoul Rodriguez said that with the assistance of agents from the US. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the sheriffs office was able to identify witnesses to the shooting. (Nogales International, AZ)
High-spirited shark victims support each other through recovery Feb 25, 2009
He lost his hand and a leg and the femoral artery was a centimetre from being severed. Story Tools. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Safer knives: The blunt truth Feb 19, 2009
That, combined with the closeness of many vital organs to the surface (depending on the area, a wound a mere 2cm deep has a 41% chance of puncturing the lungs, more than a 60% chance of rupturing the liver or the femoral artery and even a 6% chance of penetrating the heart) means a lethal wound is easily (and often unintentionally) inflicted. It also explains why the sharpness of the knife s edge is less relevant to the damage ultimately caused than is the sharpness of its tip. (The Economist)
Angioplasty Via Wrist May be Safer Feb 7, 2009
The most common approach involves making an incision in the groin (at the top of the leg) and inserting a catheter (thin tube) that's advanced through the femoral artery to the site of the blockage ... Due to the risk of bleeding and nerve damage at the femoral artery access point, patients must lie down for two to six hours after treatment ... In obese patients, accessing the femoral artery in the groin can be challenging and risky. (MEDLINEplus)
