If the bleeding does not stop with direct pressure, put pressure on the artery that carries blood to the wound.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Coronary artery disease is one of the major causes of death in western countries.

冠状动脉疾病,是西方国家主要致死性疾病之一

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Last Friday he suffered a torn aorta, a large artery that carries blood from the heart to the body.

VOA: special.2010.12.18

It can help blood flow past a blockage in an artery.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

They also did ultrasound and other tests to measure blood vessel function and the thickness of the artery wall.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Heart failure is caused by high blood pressure or coronary artery disease, a narrowing of the arteries in the heart.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

Her femoral artery's been severed.She's losing too much blood. No, no, my head is burning!

VOA: standard.other

The device is a tiny sensor, implanted through a catheter in the heart's pulmonary artery.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

Plaque inside the artery can restrict blood flow, and makes blood clots more likely.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Although there is some evidence that artery damage caused by second-hand smoke in adults may be reversible, LaVan says it's unclear whether that's also true for adolescents.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Blood clots can block an artery and cause a heart attack.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

"We think that they may be. We do know that people who are taken out of high tobacco smoke environments have a definite drop in developing coronary artery disease.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The makers of sugary breakfast cereals changed how they market to children, and the fast-food chicken dinner chain KFC stopped frying its food in artery-clogging,(high-trans-fat oils) after the group threatened to sue.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24