One-year success rates from angioplasty procedures to open clogged arteries in the legs were significantly higher among patients whose procedures were guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) ...

MIAMI BEACH, FL—Intravascular imaging deserves a larger role in peripheral vascular interventions, according to a newly released consensus opinion of leaders spanning the many specialties involved in ...

Most people have heard of heart attacks occurring because of a blocked coronary artery. But the body has two types of artery systems: the coronary artery system, which relates to the heart, and ...

Compared with angiography alone, adding IVUS imaging to femoropopliteal artery interventions with drug-coated balloons (DCBs) results in less binary restenosis at 1 year, according to results from a ...

Most people with PAD present with the classical symptoms of IC, particularly in the calf, but the thigh or buttocks may also be affected. Pain is stimulated by exercise and relieved by rest. 1 The ...

Leg pain and other symptoms of periphery arterial disease (PAD), which happens when narrowed blood vessels reduce the flow of blood to your limbs, can make it hard to get enough sleep. So can certain ...

Dr. Dua, a vascular surgeon, is co-director of the Peripheral Artery Disease Center and Limb Evaluation and Preservation Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. See more of our coverage in your ...

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Cardiac catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. However, there are some differences between the two. Cardiac ...