• Collateral circulation is the alternate circulation around a blocked artery or vein via another path, such as nearby minor vessels. It may occur via preexisting...
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    The leptomeningeal collateral circulation (also known as leptomeningeal anastomoses or pial collaterals) is a network of small blood vessels in the brain...
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    clots (thrombosis). A collateral circulation develops around the blocked vessels to compensate for the blockage, but the collateral vessels are small, weak...
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    opposite side counterpart (the left common iliac vein) anteriorly. The collateral circulation would be carried on by the anastomoses between the internal thoracic...
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    redundancy (analogous to engineered redundancy) for collateral circulation in the cerebral circulation. If one part of the circle becomes blocked or narrowed...
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  • superior ulnar collateral artery or the prevertebral ganglia, also known as collateral ganglia Collateral circulation, the alternate circulation around a blocked...
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    ramify in the placenta.[citation needed] At birth, when the placental circulation ceases, the pelvic portion only of the umbilical artery remains patent...
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    stroke mimics and detect bleeding. The presence of leptomeningeal collateral circulation in the brain is associated with better clinical outcomes after recanalization...
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    In anatomy, the left and right common carotid arteries (carotids) (English: /kəˈrɒtɪd/) are arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood;...
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  • In medicine, collateralization, also vessel collateralization and blood vessel collateralization, is the growth of a blood vessel or several blood vessels...
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    an Allen's test. The radial artery is also used to evaluate the collateral circulation of blood through the hands; applying pressure through palpating...
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    posterior communicating arteries establish a system of collateral circulation in cerebral circulation. The arteries contribute to the blood supply of the...
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  • pulmonary vascular resistance. The result may be the development of collateral circulation. Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection...
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    collateral circulation to the area affected by the chosen artery, so that peripheral circulation is maintained by another artery even if circulation is...
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    (fibrosis) in the liver. The appearance is due to cutanous portosystemic collateral formation between distended and engorged paraumbilical veins that radiate...
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    Schirmer SH, Lansky AJ, Timmis A, Pitt B, Seiler C (June 2013). "The collateral circulation of the heart". BMC Med. 11: 143. doi:10.1186/1741-7015-11-143. PMC 3689049...
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    anastomosis, a network of vessels surrounding the knee that provides collateral circulation capable of maintaining blood supply to the leg during full knee...
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  • vessels after injury, muscle following exercise, and new vessels (collateral circulation) to bypass blocked vessels. It can contribute to disease. Solid...
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    the consequent loss of blood flow to the heart. Due to extensive collateral circulation, a coronary thrombus does not necessarily cause tissue death and...
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    peripheral vascular disease where there is still some collateral circulation (alternate circulation pathways) that bring some blood flow (although inadequate)...
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  • and antihypertensives. Exercise therapy plays a role in improving collateral circulation, while endovascular or surgical revascularization is often required...
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    pericardial abrasion, with the hope adhesions would create significant collateral circulation. Sympathectomy produced disappointing and inconsistent results....
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  • anastomose with their neighbors are called end arteries. There is no collateral circulation present besides the end arteries. Examples of an end artery include...
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    often also gives branches to the vas deferens and can provide minor collateral circulation for the testicles. The superior vesical artery, a vital component...
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  • capable of perfusion by red blood cells, that form to serve as collateral circulation in response to local poor perfusion or ischemia. Growth factors...
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    tuberculosis lesions. When the pressure increases in the portal vein, a collateral circulation develops, causing visible veins such as esophageal varices. Phlebitis...
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    test or Korotkoff sign is a collateral circulation test: in aneurysm, if the blood pressure in the peripheral circulation remains fairly high while the...
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    child will have a postnatal circulation. The myocardium, which is supplied by the LCA, will therefore be dependent on collateral blood flow from the other...
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    is supplied by the single anterior spinal artery and has little collateral circulation, unlike the posterior spinal cord which is supplied by two posterior...
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    liver through collateral circulation or a medically constructed shunt. Nitrogenous waste products accumulate in the systemic circulation (hence the older...
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