Diabetes can damage your blood vessels over time because high blood sugar weakens their walls.

The most common symptoms I hear from my patients are leg cramping or discomfort with walking. They often tell me they can ...

Peripheral arterial disease inhibits healing though its impact on local blood flow and a disruption of the processes needed for re-epithelialization. When an ischemic foot becomes infected ...

St George's Regional Vascular Institute, St George's Hospital and St George's University of London, London, UK. William Jeffcoate, FRCP, Professor, Foot Ulcer Trials Unit, Department of Diabetes ...

Peripheral artery disease is the leading cause of amputations nowadays. Narrowings and blockages in the leg arteries lead to reduced blood supply in the legs and feet. This initially manifests as ...

Many treatments exist to minimize the effects of cardiovascular disease on quality of life and longevity but, an ounce of ...

Peripheral artery disease is the leading cause of amputations nowadays. Narrowings and blockages in the leg arteries lead to reduced blood supply in the legs and feet. This initially manifests as pain ...

After years of decreasing amputations in the United States, rates of non-traumatic lower extremity amputations due to ...

The hospital's state-of-the-art American Heart and Vascular Institute performed a challenging surgery including open ...