Cutting off and then restoring blood supply to a limb following a stroke reduces tissue damage and swelling and improves functional recovery, according to a new study.

Varicosities of the veins of the upper extremity are rare and are usually provoked only by such considerable increases in venous pressure as are the result of arteriovenous fistulas of long ...

Shutting off the blood supply to an arm or a leg before cardiac surgery protects the heart during the operation. Researchers have looked into heart muscle cells of the left chamber of the heart to ...

Specific factors significantly increase the risk of upper extremity venous thrombosis in patients with cancer with PICCs, whereas use of anti-platelet agents seems to have a protective effect against ...