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Lateral anastomoses were employed in arterio-venous sutures and in the operation of the Eck fistula.
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It may also lead to sclerosis or increase of fibrous tissue, especially in the kidneys, when it may result in the condition known as arterio-capillary fibrosis.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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I mean, it went to the next level, it became an arterio-occlusion (ph), where the clot jumps from the vein into the artery and that's where we ended up in surgery.
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I'll take voluntarism any day in preference to the arterio-sclerosis of thorough analyses.
The Padilla Case Yglesias, Jose 1971
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This mechanism, since the point where it acts is provided by the circular muscles of the medium-sized arteries and arterioles, should, as Krogh observed, more properly be named arterio-motor.
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The arterio-motor mechanism distributes the minute-volume supplied by the heart to the various organs of the body, while the capillaro-motor apparatus controls the surface separating blood and tissue in these organs, i.e. the surface which all the materials brought up to supply the tissues must cross.
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In arterio-venous sutures the vein is generally larger than the artery.
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Duval, still struggling futilely with his harness, said, "It's a fistula an arterio-venous fistula."
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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Grant said, "No more arterio-venous fistulas, I hope, Michaels."
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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Water containing sulphate of soda is also indicated as a beverage where there are troubles of the circulatory apparatus; it is contraindicated only in accentuated arterio-sclerosis.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Various
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