the surgical cutting of an artery or a cut made in an artery
arteriotomy in American English
(ɑːrˌtɪəriˈɑtəmi)
nounWord forms: plural-mies
Surgery
the incision or opening into the lumen of an artery for the removal of a clot, embolus, or the like, or, formerly, for bloodletting
Word origin
[1625–35; arterio- + -tomy]This word is first recorded in the period 1625–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: consciousness, etch, functional, program, specific-tomy is a combining form meaning “cutting, incision” of an organ, “excision” of an object,as specified by the initial element (appendectomy; lithotomy); also occurring in abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -tomous (dichotomy)
Examples of 'arteriotomy' in a sentence
arteriotomy
We then isolated the femoral arteries and performed a 6 mm arteriotomy.
Huixi Li, Lin Wang, Amjad Alwaal, Yung-Chin Lee, Amanda Reed-Maldonado, Taylor A.Spangler, Lia Banie, Reginald B. O'Hara, Guiting Lin 2016, 'Comparison of Topical Hemostatic Agents in a Swine Model of Extremity Arterial Hemorrhage:BloodSTOP iX Battle Matrix vs. QuikClot Combat Gauze', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/4/545. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mean length of the arteriotomy incision was 3.5 ± 1.2 cm (range, 2.5 –5 cm).
Ahmed I. Rezk, Mohamed Bazid, Zizi Saad 2014, 'Multidetector CT angiography as a noninvasive tool to assess graft patency of surgicallyreconstructed diffusely diseased coronary arteries', Egyptian Heart Journalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S111026081300166X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Several devices have been developed to aid in the closure of femoral arteriotomy.
Imad Sheiban, Giorgio Quadri, Claudio Moretti, Fiorenzo Gaita 2011, 'Pressure ulcer: an unreported complication of the safeguard® hemostasis device. Noneed to crack under pressure', Heart Internationalhttp://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hi/article/view/2523. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Aneurysm volume was calculated so that the value did not exceed 27 times the area of the arteriotomy.
Severino Lourenço da Silva Júnior, Guilherme Benjamin Brandão Pitta, Adamastor HumbertoPereira, Aldemar de Araújo Castro, Maria Helena Tavares de Matos, Fábio Duque Silveira,Leonardo Torres Magalhães, José Adolfo Hurt Almeida de Moraes, Emmylena Karina CordeiroMachado, Carlos Wagner de Souza Wanderley, Camila Meirelles de Souza Silva, Lucianada Paz dos Santos, João Nicolle Tupiná Nogueira 2013, 'Modelo experimental estável de aneurisma sacular em artéria carótida de suínos utilizandoveia jugular interna Stable experimental model of carotid artery saccular aneurysmin swine using the internal jugular vein', Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiõeshttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912013000200009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
After elliptical arteriotomy, we carried out a terminolateral anastomosis with the distal stump of the internal jugular vein.
Severino Lourenço da Silva Júnior, Guilherme Benjamin Brandão Pitta, Adamastor HumbertoPereira, Aldemar de Araújo Castro, Maria Helena Tavares de Matos, Fábio Duque Silveira,Leonardo Torres Magalhães, José Adolfo Hurt Almeida de Moraes, Emmylena Karina CordeiroMachado, Carlos Wagner de Souza Wanderley, Camila Meirelles de Souza Silva, Lucianada Paz dos Santos, João Nicolle Tupiná Nogueira 2013, 'Modelo experimental estável de aneurisma sacular em artéria carótida de suínos utilizandoveia jugular interna Stable experimental model of carotid artery saccular aneurysmin swine using the internal jugular vein', Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiõeshttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912013000200009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Arteriotomy closure devices have thus been proposed as an alternative means to achieve hemostasis after brachial arteriotomy.
Arturo Giordano, Stefano Messina, Gennaro Maresca, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai 2018, 'Hemostasis After Brachial Artery Access With the MynxGrip Device: A Case Report',Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiologyhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1179546818759298. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)