COVID-19 is associated with life-threatening blood clots in the arteries of the legs, according to a study published in Radiology. Researchers said COVID-19 patients with symptoms of inadequate blood ...

PAD Ticagrelor vs Clopidogrel A review of the 2016 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology guidelines for management and diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease.

A 60-year-old male had been treated with ionizing radiation for testis carcinoma 20 years before. He was admitted to our clinic for rest pain, numbness, and weakness of the right lower extremity. At ...

Arterial thromboembolic (TE) events, rare in the neonatal period, may lead to irreversible organ damage and loss of limbs. 1 We are reporting the case of a newborn infant with acute arterial ...

Q: Is it worth buying an audible, handheld Doppler ultrasound to detect arterial insufficiency? A: In post-acute and long-term care facilities, older adults with lower extremity wounds may have ...

Ultrasound is not necessary when computed tomography is performed. The role of venous duplex ultrasound (US) of the legs in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) is not clear with the advent ...

INTRODUCTION Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) enables noninvasive evaluation of coronary artery atherosclerosis. However, its value to assess coronary artery disease (CAD) in subjects ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of evaluation for peripheral arterial disease before amputation were low for Medicare beneficiaries from ...

Many nursing home residents who underwent lower extremity revascularization died, did not walk or had functional decline following the procedure, which is commonly used to treat leg pain caused by ...

Only a few U.S. nursing home residents who undergo lower extremity revascularization procedures are alive and ambulatory a year after surgery, according to UCSF researchers, and most patients still ...