ProPublica reporters are looking into the booming business around peripheral artery disease, a condition that afflicts 6.5 million Americans over age 40. It’s caused when fatty plaque builds up in a ...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) involves a debilitating narrowing of arteries in the legs, and the National Institutes of Health estimates that 1 in every 20 Americans over 50 is affected. Research ...
Radial arterial access demonstrates procedural safety for the treatment of peripheral artery disease
Results from the largest real-world propensity-matched comparison to date show that radial-to-peripheral (R2P) access ...
One-year success rates from angioplasty procedures to open clogged arteries in the legs were significantly higher among patients whose procedures were guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) ...
Data from the PROMISE III trial suggest that chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients with no other treatment ...
Dr. Dua, a vascular surgeon, is co-director of the Peripheral Artery Disease Center and Limb Evaluation and Preservation Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. See more of our coverage in your ...
Imagine putting your socks on one morning and noticing your big toe, which has been painful for a few weeks, has started turning black. A trip to your doctor ends in being referred urgently to a ...
A new study by Intermountain Health researchers finds that peripheral artery disease, a condition that affects more than 10 million Americans over the age of 40, is often underdiagnosed and ...
Peripheral artery disease and venous insufficiency share many symptoms but affect different types of blood vessels. Each has distinguishing symptoms, risk factors, and diagnostic markers. Peripheral ...
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