The hallmark symptom of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is pain when walking. More advanced PAD may cause pain at rest and other symptoms that need immediate attention. Like coronary artery disease, ...

Dr. Nisha Bunke, the medical director at La Jolla Vein & Vascular, said she would never ignore skin discoloration and itching ...

Though many people think of injuries or accidents when they think of amputations, more than half result from complications of cardiovascular issues, leading amputations caused by the effects of ...

Persistent leg pain or numbness should never be brushed aside as mere fatigue or aging, as these could be symptoms of a serious heart disease. A specialist said these symptoms may point to a dangerous ...

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 with symptoms of inadequate blood ...

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 new analysis from the peripheral arterial disease (PAD) subgroup of the large-scale COMPASS trial show that development of a major adverse limb event — the primary endpoint of the study — is ...

"I would encourage patients with PAD to engage in high-intensity exercise and would tell them that even a relatively small [number] of minutes can be helpful." — Mary M. McDermott, MD,Northwestern ...