Preoperative statins are associated with improved limb salvage after lower extremity revascularization, either endovascular or surgical. Patients who benefit most seem to be those with claudication, ...

The study was conducted as a subanalysis of the larger Nitric Oxide for Peripheral Arterial Insufficiency (NO PAIN) phase I study. [16] The NO PAIN study, phase I, was a randomized, double-blind, ...

The patient was well until 2 months prior to admission, when she developed bilateral lower extremity claudication. The pain progressed gradually until it occurred at rest. She also experienced fatigue ...

Just one month of simple calf stretching helped peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients to walk more despite their lower extremity claudication, researchers found in a small trial. There was no ...

Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which can include symptoms such as pain in the legs, who participated in supervised treadmill exercise improved their walking endurance and quality of ...

When Mrs. A was 36 years old, she complained of lower-extremity claudication after walking two blocks. She said her feet were colder than they had been previously. BPs in her right and left arms were ...

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.

HOLLYWOOD, FL—Patients who undergo peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) for symptomatic lower-extremity PAD derive long-term benefits, according to 2.5-year data from the LIBERTY 360 trial presented ...

MEDICAL therapy has been disappointing in the painful and disabling effects of arteriosclerosis of the lower extremities. In the past fifteen years an increasing number of patients have been subjected ...