Ace The Vascular Surgery Clerkship Exam

The sural nerve block is a regional anesthetic technique used as an alternative or adjunct to general anesthesia for foot and ankle surgery (

Medical ethics is a required element of American physicians' formal training.  Familiarity with ethical principles on a basic level is ne ...

Clonidine is a 40-year-old medication in the class of antihypertensive medications that act on alpha-adrenergic and imidazoline receptors agonist. ...

Pericardiocentesis is a procedure performed to remove pericardial fluid from the pericardial sac. It is often performed in the setting of pericardi ...

Spider veins are a colloquialism for telangiectasias and are the result of damaged small superficial blood vessels in the skin. They appear as thin ...

The anterior spinal artery supplies the anterior two-thirds of the spinal cord and runs along the entire length of the anterior surface of the ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is performed because the mortality rates are as high as 78% following rupture. Open and endovascular surgery ...

Central venous access is a standard procedure performed on the hospitalized patient. Placement of central line catheters is for various reasons suc ...

Carotidynia, also known as Fay syndrome or TIPIC syndrome, is a very rare vascular disorder presenting with unilateral neck and facial pain. C ...

The thorax is the region between the abdomen inferiorly and the root of the neck superiorly.

Esmolol (esmolol hydrochloride) is an intravenous cardioselective beta-1 adrenergic antagonist. Esmolol is FDA-approved for short-term duration use ...

Intermittent claudication (IC) typically refers to lower extremity skeletal muscle pain that occurs during exercise. IC presents when there is insu ...

The importance of the appropriate perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery lies in the high number of surgical procedures performed ...

Mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) is a disorder in which a local blood coagulation impairs the venous return of the bowel. Primary mesenteric veno ...

An 86-year-old male was noted to have left lower extremity swelling after an uneventful left hip surgery performed for a fracture after a fall down ...

Proper circulation of oxygenated blood is such an incredibly important function of the human body that it is included in the “ABCDE’s&r ...

May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) is described as compression of the left iliofemoral vein by the right common iliac artery against the vertebral bod ...

Central venous catheters (CVC) are frequently used in critical care units, hemodialysis units, and oncology units for the administration of intrave ...