OAK BROOK, Ill. (July 16, 2020) - 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 ...

Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is highly accurate in assessing arterial disease in the lower extremities, according to a meta-analysis published in the March 14, ...

Some patients with COVID-19 develop symptomatic arterial thrombosis in their legs that is difficult to eradicate by usual means and portends worse outcomes, new data show. The small study of COVID-19 ...

A common diabetes medication does not help people with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and without diabetes walk farther, ...

The lifetime risk of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD), in which leg arteries narrow abnormally, is about 30 percent for black men and 28 percent for black women, with lower but ...

The objective of this study was to determine whether ankle peak systolic velocity (APSV) can predict nonhealing in diabetic foot lesions. Diabetic patients referred for duplex scanning of the lower ...

A study of nearly 65,000 people suggests that devices coated with a drug called paclitaxel that are used for widening blocked arteries in legs and feet are safe and not linked to an increase in deaths ...

Vol. 40, No. 1, Supplement: Racial-Disparities Research in Veterans Health Care Administration (Jan., 2002), pp. I106-I116 (11 pages) Objectives. To determine if race/ethnicity is independently ...

Cardiologists reveal the unexpected symptoms of clogged arteries and underlying heart disease that you should know about.

In normal conditions, contraction of lower extremity muscles and working intraluminal valves promote the forward flow of blood within veins. In venous insufficiency, reflux and/or obstruction in the ...