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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a group of conditions involving problems with blood vessels outside your heart and brain. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a type of PVD where your arteries ...

Peripheral arterial disease/peripheral artery disease (PAD), or peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a common condition where bodily arteries become narrowed due to a build-up of fatty plaques ...

HAPPENING TODAY, THERE IS AN EVENT AIMED AT RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT BLACK MEN’S HEALTH, SPECIFICALLY THE IMPACTS OF PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE. IT’S A DISEASE AFFECTING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EACH YEAR.

A person who needs to use compression hosiery should be assessed for peripheral arterial disease according to the NICE guideline. Others who should be assessed for the presence of peripheral arterial ...