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 ...

Boston, MA - A paclitaxel-coated balloon may end up filling a role never successfully filled by drug-eluting stents (DES): angioplasty of the leg. According to Dr Gunnar Tepe ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- We're all familiar with fat and cholesterol buildups in heart arteries. But it can happen in the extremities, especially the legs. John Bilkins, a retired firefighter from East ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Medtronic, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) for the interventional treatment of ...

DUBLIN - U.S. hospitals this week began using a new medical device from Medtronic plc called the IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) to treat patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in ...

Restoring blood flow to the legs, whether through bypass surgery or a less invasive artery-opening procedure with a stent, reduced pain and improved quality of life for people with peripheral artery ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) develops ...

My leg hurts when I exercise. Could it be peripheral vascular disease? Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a common condition that affects the blood vessels outside of the heart and brain, most ...

Peripheral artery disease affected between eight and 12 million people in the United States. While the majority of people with the disease don't even know they have it, they have the same five-year ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Non-surgical treatment to unblock clogged arteries in legs and feet can save them from being amputated, even though those blood vessels are small and tricky to work in, ...

Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a severe complication of peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD occurs when plaque builds up in blood vessels that deliver blood from the heart to other areas. CLI ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) develops ...