Peripheral artery disease (PAD), sometimes also called peripheral vascular disease (PVD), is a circulation disorder that slowly gets worse over time. Calcium and fat materials build up inside the ...

A multidisciplinary panel of cardiologists, vascular surgeons, radiologists, and other experts has issued appropriate use guidelines to help clinicians make decisions when ordering initial and ...

Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure to treat peripheral arterial disease of the legs. The procedure widens narrowed arteries in the pelvis or legs. It can help blood flow better. This may ...

A research team has developed a bimodal photoacoustic/ ultrasound imaging technology for the human foot. Our body is like a sophisticated network with a myriad of peripheral blood vessels connected ...

The recently updated National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline, Peripheral arterial disease: diagnosis and management, aims to resolve the uncertainty and variation that has ...

A common diabetes medication does not help people with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and without diabetes walk farther, ...

A preliminary laboratory study seeking an objective test for vascular insufficiency of the fingertips (Raynaud's syndrome) is described. In a limited number of subjects, circulatory changes in the ...

NICE states that when assessing for peripheral arterial disease in those with diabetes, a normal or raised ankle brachial pressure index alone does not allow for the exclusion of peripheral arterial ...