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The femoral vein and artery are side by side, so once the artery is found, so is the vein. The femoral vein, like most veins, carries deoxygenated blood to the heart. If the femoral vein becomes blocked by a blood clot, blood will be unable to drain from the leg. The femoral vein lies beside the femoral artery, which supplies the femoral pulse. View slideshow of images above.
Traditionally, the catheter - a thin, hollow tube - is threaded through a small incision in the groin into the femoral artery, the circulatory system's superhighway to the heart. A dye visible on X-rays is then injected into the artery to picture the heart's network of blood vessels. If a vessel is clogged, the cardiologist can widen it, then prop it open with a device called a stent - all done through the catheter under X-ray image guidance. After the femoral catheter is removed, the patient must lie still and flat in bed for four to six hours to allow a clot to close the incision.