Biomaterial Database

[Congenital carotid-jugular arteriovenous fistula]. 2009

B Gómez-Moya, and E Hernández-Osma, and F Pañella-Agustí, and V Martín-Paredero

Servicio de Angiología, Cirugía Vascular y Endovascular, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, 43007 Tarragona, España. 31712eho@comb.es

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007601	Jugular Veins	Veins in the neck which drain the brain, face, and neck into the brachiocephalic or subclavian veins.	Jugular Vein,Vein, Jugular,Veins, Jugular
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D002339	Carotid Arteries	Either of the two principal arteries on both sides of the neck that supply blood to the head and neck; each divides into two branches, the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery.	Arteries, Carotid,Artery, Carotid,Carotid Artery
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.	Embolotherapy,Therapeutic Embolization,Embolizations, Therapeutic,Embolotherapies,Therapeutic Embolizations
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001164	Arteriovenous Fistula	An abnormal direct communication between an artery and a vein without passing through the CAPILLARIES. An A-V fistula usually leads to the formation of a dilated sac-like connection, arteriovenous aneurysm. The locations and size of the shunts determine the degree of effects on the cardiovascular functions such as BLOOD PRESSURE and HEART RATE.	Aneurysm, Arteriovenous,Arteriovenous Aneurysm,Arteriovenous Fistulas,Fistula, Arteriovenous,Fistulas, Arteriovenous