Peripheral vascular disease is very common in elderly people, and careful assessment of vascular structure, function, and integrity is an important clinical skill. The peripheral vascular examination ...

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a blood circulation disorder that causes some of your blood vessels to narrow, block, or spasm. Some lifestyle changes, such as exercising and quitting smoking, ...

A research team has developed a bimodal photoacoustic/ ultrasound imaging technology for the human foot. Our body is like a sophisticated network with a myriad of peripheral blood vessels connected ...

Systolic blood pressure is measured by Doppler ultrasonography in each arm and in the dorsalis pedis (DP) and posterior tibial (PT) arteries in each ankle. The higher of the two arm pressures is ...

A multidisciplinary panel of cardiologists, vascular surgeons, radiologists, and other experts has issued appropriate use guidelines to help clinicians make decisions when ordering initial and ...

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis. Although clinical history in conjunction with ankle–brachial index and evaluation of segmental ...

Cardiovascular disease comprises a group of diseases that either affects the heart or the blood vessels carrying blood throughout the body. One such condition that’s commonly found among Indians is ...

Although atherosclerosis is a generalized metabolic disorder, the plaque tends to build up at bifurcations of major vessels, including in the lower extremities. Here, the superficial femoral artery ...