When the wall of a blood vessel breaks, a blood clot forms to "plug" the wound site and prevent bleeding. Once the injured blood vessel heals, the body dissolves the clot naturally. Sometimes, due to ...

Department of Anesthesiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, ...

The agency OK’d an artificial vessel to restore blood flow in patients, even though its own scientists flagged questionable study results and potentially fatal ruptures of the product.

Vasculitis is a group of diseases, also known as angiitis, that damage blood vessels by causing inflammation. It can affect any blood vessel anywhere in the body. Vasculitis means inflammation of ...

Angiogenesis is the growth of blood vessels from the existing vasculature. The process occurs throughout life in both health and disease, beginning in utero and continuing on through old age. It is ...