Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Intravascular.
- adjective Of or relating to a surgical procedure in which a catheter containing medications or miniature instruments is inserted through the skin into a blood vessel for the treatment of vascular disease.
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- adjective Within a
blood vessel
Etymologies
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Examples
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This less-invasive procedure, called endovascular stent grafting, leads to a much shorter hospitalization and a quicker recovery time.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In such "endovascular" procedures within the arteries, the device is slid up through a small incision into an artery in the leg and then into place in the aorta.
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Traditionally, doctors have advocated preventative interventions, such as endovascular procedures, surgical resection, or radiation therapy and sometimes a combination of these procedures, on the assumption that unruptured AVMs pose similar risk to AVMs that have bled.
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Traditionally, doctors have advocated preventative interventions, such as endovascular procedures, surgical resection, or radiation therapy and sometimes a combination of these procedures, on the assumption that unruptured AVMs pose similar risk to AVMs that have bled.
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Traditionally, doctors have advocated preventative interventions, such as endovascular procedures, surgical resection, or radiation therapy and sometimes a combination of these procedures, on the assumption that unruptured AVMs pose similar risk to AVMs that have bled.
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Traditionally, doctors have advocated preventative interventions, such as endovascular procedures, surgical resection, or radiation therapy and sometimes a combination of these procedures, on the assumption that unruptured AVMs pose similar risk to AVMs that have bled.
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Others who have severe heart disease can now be treated using endovascular techniques, where stents are placed into the coronary arteries through a catheter instead of with open heart surgery.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.: How To Prevent Heart Disease And Stroke M.D. Susan Blumenthal 2011
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"Increase of 1-year mortality after perioperative beta-blocker withdrawal in endovascular and vascular surgery patients."
Leo Galland, M.D.: Surviving The Super Bowl M.D. Leo Galland 2011
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"Increase of 1-year mortality after perioperative beta-blocker withdrawal in endovascular and vascular surgery patients."
Leo Galland, M.D.: Surviving The Super Bowl M.D. Leo Galland 2011
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Others who have severe heart disease can now be treated using endovascular techniques, where stents are placed into the coronary arteries through a catheter instead of with open heart surgery.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.: How To Prevent Heart Disease And Stroke M.D. Susan Blumenthal 2011
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