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, also called PVD, refers to any disease or disorder of the circulatory system outside of the brain and heart. The term can include any disorder that affects any blood ...

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 ...

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 ...

1 Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK 2 School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, is a leading cause of lower extremity amputations in the U.S. Health care use ...

Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) is a blood circulation disorder commonly seen in people with diabetes and renal insufficiency. This condition results in narrowing of any blood vessels outside of the ...

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 ...