[Embolization of the greater and lesser circulation].
1959
B FINDO, and
E LAMBERT, and
E R MEITNER
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D002319
Cardiovascular System
The HEART and the BLOOD VESSELS by which BLOOD is pumped and circulated through the body.
Circulatory System,Cardiovascular Systems,Circulatory Systems
D004617
Embolism
Blocking of a blood vessel by an embolus which can be a blood clot or other undissolved material in the blood stream.
Embolus,Embolisms
D004621
Embolization, Therapeutic
A method of hemostasis utilizing various agents such as Gelfoam, silastic, metal, glass, or plastic pellets, autologous clot, fat, and muscle as emboli. It has been used in the treatment of spinal cord and INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS, renal arteriovenous fistulas, gastrointestinal bleeding, epistaxis, hypersplenism, certain highly vascular tumors, traumatic rupture of blood vessels, and control of operative hemorrhage.