Introduction: The Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) is considered the only well-known species of the family Sciuridae in the Middle East. Since some people keep this squirrel as a domestic pet, their attendance at veterinary clinics is increasing. So far, no study has been conducted on the arterial supply of the pelvic cavity and limb in the squirrel. Hence, this research was performed to fil...

Renal transplantation is the preferred treatment of patients suffering from end stage renal disease. Because of challenges in performing surgical vascular anastomosis in variant renal anatomy, knowledge on renal vascular anatomy is very important in the pre surgical workup of potential kidney donors. These anatomical variations differ geographically and ethnically. In Kenya there has been scant...

Abstract Detailed extraparenhymal renal hilar dissection was performed on 110 fixed cadaveric kidneys (60 from male cadavers and 50 female cadavers). We analyzed the number of arteries, angles between arteries abdominal aorta, length diameter arteries. Multiple were present in 20.9% cases, with a slightly higher incidence right side (21.8%: 20.0%). The angle aorta RRA varied 30° to 100° mean 64...

BACKGROUND The use of grafts with multiple renal arteries has been considered a relative contraindication because of the increased incidence of vascular and urologic complications The aim of this study is to determine whether the kidney grafts with multiple arteries have any adverse effect upon post-transplant graft and patient survival. METHODS We reviewed the records of 225 adult kidney tra...

Administration of the ovarian hormone relaxin to nonpregnant rats vasodilates the renal circulation comparable to pregnancy. This vasodilation is mediated by endothelin (ET), the ET(B) receptor, and nitric oxide. Furthermore, endogenous relaxin mediates the renal vasodilation and hyperfiltration that occur during gestation. The goal of this study was to investigate whether myogenic reactivity o...

Introduction: Anatomy of renal arteries and length infrarenal aorta play a vital role in various aortic vascular interventions surgical procedures including transplantation. Aim: To estimate mean lengths arteries, the vertical distance between origins both lengths, presence accessory on contrast Computed Tomography (CT) scans. Materials Methods: A retrospective hospital-based study was conducte...

OBJECTIVE Longitudinal study with B-mode ultrasonography and Doppler ultrasonography of maternal kidneys and liver in low-risk pregnancy, to establish and quantify normality parameters, correlating them with physiological changes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-five pregnant women were assessed and selected to participate in the study, each of them undergoing four examinations at the first, sec...

we investigated the vasodilatory effect of isoprenaline at large vessels (aorta, renal ans saphenous arteries, vena cava, renal and saphenous veins) in doxorbicin-induced model of heart failure. thirty saline-treated (normal group) and thirty doxorubicin treated rabbits (1 mg/kg administered intravenously twice weekly for 8 weeks) were studied after 16 weeks of treatment. chronic heart failure ...

We investigated whether organ-specific differences exist in the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in hyporeactivity to vasoconstrictors following 20 h in vitro exposure of isolated superior mesenteric, renal, hepatic and coronary arteries from the rat to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). LPS attenuated contraction in response to depolarizing KCl in all arteries. Maximum contracti...