Techniques for blood collection from the rat include puncture of the heart, retro-orbital plexus, jugular vein, saphenous vein, tail blood vessels, carotid artery, abdominal aorta, and vena cava.

Ultrasound-guided arterial cannulation is a technique that ... such as hematomas and nerve injuries associated with arterial puncture[1]. This is particularly beneficial for patients with ...

However, there was no statistically significant difference in the rate of access failure (odds ratio with ultrasound guidance 0.28, 95% confidence interval 0.05, 1.47), arterial puncture (odds ...

An angioplasty involves threading a wire to the coronary artery through a small puncture. The puncture is usually made in the groin or the arm. This procedure physically widens the diseased blood ...