ANY artery in the body has the potential of dilating abnormally if weakness develops in the artery wall. If this dilatation is of significant degree, the lesion is described as an aneurysm.

The hypogastric artery, also called the iliac artery, provides blood flow to the organs in your pelvis. You have an abdominal aorta, which is a large artery that travels down into your pelvis ...

The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac ...

The left common iliac artery and its branches were pulseless and markedly narrowed by a series of arteriosclerotic plaques. An aortic aneurysm extending to the renal arteries was resected ...

in the iliac fossa (Figure 1), the aorta and common iliac arteries were exposed using an extraperitoneal approach. When appropriate, the presacral sympathetic plexus was identified and dissected ...

Your surgeon will have to access the aorta and iliac arteries. These arteries will be clamped, and a graft will be placed to repair the weakened area of the vessel. Endovascular aortic aneurysm ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MDMedically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Arteries are blood vessels in the body ...

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An iliac artery aneurysm refers to an area of weakness and bulging in a pelvic artery that, if untreated, can lead to life-threatening bleeding if it bursts. Aneurysms of the aorta and iliac ...

Although iliac artery (IA) endarterectomy has largely been ... Of these, five required more extensive endarterectomy, three of the distal aorta and two of the contralateral IA.