Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is an atherosclerotic disease affecting the lower extremities, resulting in skeletal muscle ischemia, intermittent claudication, and, in more severe stages of disease, limb amputation and death. The evaluation of therapy in this patient population can be challenging, as the standard clinical indices are insensitive to assessment of regional alterations in skele...

The first signs of arterial insufficiency can be subtle because painful ambulation may be caused by many disorders (such as arthritis, spine disease or muscle disorders). A noninvasive peripheral vascular exam which combines three physiologic tests —dopplers, segmental pressures and pulse volume recordings (PVR) — may give you the information needed to rule out or in vascular cause for your pat...

We continue to be both amazed and intrigued by the hype showered on cardiac CT angiography and the corresponding lack of hype given to peripheral vascular CTA. No doubt, 64-slice cardiac or coronary CTA is potentially a revolutionizing technology, but PV-CTA has already revolutionized the comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of peripheral vascular disease. This cardiac CTA infatuation should c...

R ecognizing the considerable excess burden of both cerebrovascular and lower extremity arterial disease suffered by persons with insulindependent or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus,1,2 a workshop was convened to 1. Provide a current review of the knowledge pertaining to the prevalence, incidence, and risk factor associations of cerebral and peripheral vascular disease in diabetes and 2...

The indications for revascularization of the vertebral arteries are symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency, namely, dizziness, visual disturbances, and confusion or coma. There is a great deal of variation from patient to patient in the severity of lesions causing symptoms . In some patients the degree of stenosis may be severe yet the patient may experience minimal or no symptoms; in others...

Case report A 40-year-old man was admitted to a surgical unit with a 3-week history of increasing pain in the right foot. In the past year he had experienced pain in both calves on walking half a mile, and in addition, had been falling frequently, his legs '6;ving way'. He had had bilateral cataract extractions on,., year previously. There was no history of diabetes melitus or medication. He wa...

There is an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease- (CVD-) related mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Endothelial dysfunction is a primary event in the development of atherosclerosis and hypertension and likely contributes to the elevated cardiovascular risk in CKD. Endothelial dysfunction has been shown to occur in the peripheral vasculature of patients with both ...

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND Percutaneous transluminal angioplasties (PTA) through balloon dilatation with or without stenting, i.e. vessel expansion through balloons with or without of implantation of small tubes, called stents, are used in the treatment of peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD). The intravascular vessel irradiation, called intravascular brachytherapy, promises a reduction in the...

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