Rebecca P. Winsett, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Judy C. Martin, PhD, APRN, Associate Professor, College of ...

Blood travels around the body in tubes called arteries, veins or capillaries Arteries carry blood away from the heart towards an organ Veins carry blood from an organ towards the heart.

Blood is transported to the kidney through the renal artery. The blood is filtered at ... the blood returns to the circulatory system through the renal vein. The kidneys produce urine and this ...

These included two renal artery thromboses, one renal vein thrombosis and one superior mesenteric artery thrombosis. In subsequent animals, the addition of 100 units/kg heparin immediately before ...