The phrase "arterial blockage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in medical contexts to describe a condition where an artery is obstructed, affecting blood flow.
Example: "The doctor explained that the patient's symptoms were due to an arterial blockage that required immediate attention."
Alternatives: "arterial obstruction" or "blocked artery".
This led, eventually, to a technique for releasing the drug paclitaxel into selected blood-vessel tissue, slowing the arterial blockage that causes peripheral artery disease.
Critical limb ischemia and lifestyle-limiting claudication can be treated with an endovascular intervention such as angioplasty to open the artery or with vascular surgery to bypass the arterial blockage.
Still, the arterial blockage that led to Mr. Cheney's heart attack was new and significant.
It increases the amount of arterial blockage on the way to my heart.
They also showed higher levels of HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, virtually no arterial blockage and, like Mr. Linksvayer, remarkably low blood pressure.
If that procedure doesn't work, surgery or arterial blockage may be needed.
A technique called digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is particularly useful in diagnosing arterial occlusion (blockage).
These diseases are frequently divided into those that result in arterial occlusion (blockage) and those that are nonocclusive in their manifestations.
The swimmer, Alexander Dale Oen, 26, had atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, which means he would have had arterial blockages, the examiner's office said.
Both companies are developing fiber-optic technologies to allow doctors to see inside tiny arteries, which might make catheters more effective in opening arterial blockages in the heart, as well.
In the past year, researchers have detected a bacterium called Chlamydia pneumoniae--a relative of the bug that causes the venereal disease chlamydia--in the arterial blockages of 75% of patients with atherosclerosis, or partially clogged arteries.
