"Gastroepiploic Artery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Abdominal artery that follows the curvature of the stomach. The right gastroepiploic artery is frequently used in CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION, and other vascular reconstruction.
| Descriptor ID |
D024405
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.379
|
| Concept/Terms |
Gastroepiploic Artery- Gastroepiploic Artery
- Arteries, Gastroepiploic
- Artery, Gastroepiploic
- Gastroepiploic Arteries
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Gastroepiploic Artery".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Gastroepiploic Artery".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gastroepiploic Artery" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gastroepiploic Artery" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastroepiploic Artery" by people in Profiles.
-
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines on Arterial Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Feb; 101(2):801-9.
-
Conduits in coronary artery bypass grafting. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013; 25(4):273-9.
-
Emergent embolization of the gastroduodenal artery in the treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The experience from a surgeon-initiated interventional program. Am J Surg. 2009 Jul; 198(1):59-63.