Each 2.54 square centimetre (a square inch) of human skin has six metres (20ft) of blood vessels. Veins hold about 65 per cent of the body's blood and have one-way valves tohelp blood move.

Inside you, there is an amazing network of blood vessels, the tubes that carry blood all around your body. Every part of the body needs oxygen, food and water. The blood vessels are a bit like ...

The circulatory system is the heart and all the blood vessels in the body which carry cells and substances to all its parts. The heart is a large muscular organ which pumps blood to the lungs and ...

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 ...

We're spending some time with a vascular surgeon from TidalHealth learning how important our veins and arteries are.

Venous hypertension affects veins in the legs and the way blood circulates to the heart. Learn about symptoms of venous ...

Doctors typically go with synthetic grafts made of plastic, which can cause clotting and other problems, or a patient’s own ...

Plaque is a mixture of fat, calcium, cholesterol, and waste from the cells in the body. This mix can stick to the walls of the arteries, making these blood vessels narrower. When this happens ...

In order to get blood to the heart muscle of a by-pass patient more efficiently, surgeons first need to borrow veins or arteries from non-critical areas of the body and then stitch them into the ...