Understanding PAD's symptoms, diagnosis, management strategies, and risk factors is crucial for maintaining a healthy ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) often progresses silently and without classic leg pain. So it’s often not diagnosed until a patient presents with foot ulcers, infection, or limb-threatening ischemia.

A new ACC Scientific Statement on the management of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in adults with diabetes adds context to the 2024 ACC/AHA Lower Extremity PAD Guideline and "emphasizes a modern, ...

The 2024 ACC/AHA/Multisociety Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) emphasizes the importance of foot care across all clinical subsets of PAD to identify ...

When most people think of atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease (CAD) and stroke come to mind, but a strong third player on the atherosclerotic landscape is peripheral artery disease (PAD). This ...

Department of Endocrinology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common macrovascular complication of type 2 ...

Chilly fingers and toes are generally nothing to worry about, but they can sometimes indicate a more serious condition. Ask Well Chilly fingers and toes are generally nothing to worry about, but they ...

Background Few studies have described the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the diabetic population of Brazil. Objectives To evaluate the prevalence of PAD and its association with ...

New research from Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that patients diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who also have atrial fibrillation (AFib) face a significantly higher risk ...

SAN ANTONIO — There are over 200,000 avoidable amputations every year in the U.S. Many occur with diabetes, but many of these amputations also come from a condition that many may have never heard of.

Background: Intensive blood pressure (BP) control reduces the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events, yet we recently reported a U-shaped association between BP and limb events in peripheral artery ...

Health officials in the mid-Atlantic region have recently reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD. What is hand, foot and mouth disease, and what causes it? How is it spread? What are ...