• Vascular

    Relating to the blood vessels.

  • Vascular prosthesis

    Synthetic blood vessel.

  • Vascular stent

    Small tube made from metal mesh and plastic. Stents are inserted into blood vessels to keep them open.

  • Vein

    Blood vessel that transports blood back to the heart. Veins generally transport blood without oxygen.

  • Venous valves

    Structures in the veins that like valves ensure that the blood does not flow back in the wrong direction.

  • Ventral

    At the front, on the belly side of the body.

  • Ventricle

    Chamber of the heart.

  • Ventricular ejection fraction

    Volume of blood pumped through the body with each heartbeat.

  • Ventricular fibrillation

    Racing heartbeat and the most common cause of cardiac arrest.

  • Ventricular septum

    Separates the left and right chambers. Part of the cardiac septum.

  • Vertebroplasty

    Surgical reconstruction of a broken vertebrae.