Jugular vein distention (JVD) causes a bulge in the veins running down the right side of a person’s neck. It results from increased pressure in a large vein called the vena cava. JVD can signify ...

Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says.

Atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries," is a vascular disease (disease of the arteries and veins ... extend upward through the neck carrying oxygen-rich blood to the brain. There are four ...

"I don’t understand how he missed my carotid artery and jugular vein… it’s not possible to cut somebody’s neck the way my ... blade and made its way right to the spinal cord.

The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting ... called arteries and veins. The heart muscle needs oxygen-rich blood to do its job. The vessels that feed the heart are called coronary arteries (shown ...