Dr. Dua, a vascular surgeon, is co-director of the Peripheral Artery Disease Center and Limb Evaluation and Preservation Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. In the fall of 2021, a soft-spoken ...

JACKSONVILLE, Florida — Leg pain and leg cramps aren’t always an orthopedic issue: Both can be signs of peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a serious blood-flow issue with implications for the heart.

For decades, treatment of peripheral artery disease has focused almost exclusively on restoring blood flow. Now, new research ...

Angioplasty with sirolimus-coated balloons, as compared with uncoated balloons, reduced limb amputation and other adverse ...

Timely diagnosis and proper management of peripheral artery disease (PAD), including coordinated care from a multispecialty team, are essential to help prevent amputation and other cardiovascular ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly one in three Black adults will develop peripheral artery disease. Black adults are more likely to develop ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) involves a debilitating narrowing of arteries in the legs, and the National Institutes of Health estimates that 1 in every 20 Americans over 50 is affected. Research ...