George J. Koullias, MD, PhD Chief, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery St. Catherine of Siena Hospital System Chief, ...

From a large database of de-identified electronic health records as recent as late 2024, investigators found that patients with chronic HF and the most severe form of peripheral artery disease ...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy may be effective for intermittent lower limb claudication in peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients unable to engage in supervised exercise or who experienced ...

Multiple cardiology associations, including the ACC and AHA, have published updated guidelines for management of lower extremity peripheral artery disease. Updated guidelines on the management of ...

Dua, a vascular surgeon, is co-director of the Peripheral Artery ... as limb salvage, compared with white patients. Black Americans also pay more for hospitalization costs and have a lower rate ...

A research team led by Professor Cho Chul-hyun of the Department of Psychiatry at Korea University Anam Hospital (1 author Jeong Jin-kyung, medical student at Korea University, medical student Jeon ...

PAD leads to pain, sores and — in the most severe cases — limb loss. There is no cure for peripheral artery disease ... for these patients, and lower death rates.” The findings were ...

The "2024 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical ...

The types of peripheral artery disease are divided in two ways: what areas of the body it affects and how it presents. The types based on area affected include lower-extremity PAD and upper ...

Due to circulation issues, particularly peripheral artery disease, these ulcers may not heal. This can lead to infection, tissue death, and potential lower limb loss. Although people with diabetes ...

On examination, the patient had a full complement of lower-limb pulses. A lower-limb arterial duplex scan detected bilateral popliteal artery occlusion on forced plantar flexion. As there were ...