It is most often done on the large femoral artery. This artery is in your groin and upper thigh area. Femoropopliteal (fem-pop) bypass surgery is used to bypass diseased blood vessels above or below ...

He demonstrated in mice that the MMP2 gene is the key factor for the development of new arteries especially when there is blockage in the femoral (leg) artery. As a novel approach the team has ...

The results showed no significant difference in the rates of restenosis (re-narrowing of the artery ... blood flow by bypassing blocked sections of the aorta and femoral arteries.

WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – September is Peripheral Artery Disease ... he underwent percutaneous femoral popliteal bypass. “You ...