AMONG the problems of an aging population, ischemia of the lower extremities ranks high in importance. Until recently it was thought that peripheral ischemia due to this disease was an irreversible ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surmodics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRDX), a leading provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the health care industry, today announced that early ...

The first clinical trial of gene therapy in patients with critical limb ischemia not eligible for revascularization has shown a significant decrease in amputation rate and a trend toward reduced death ...

The micro X-ray CT was established through joint engineering and medical research, and allows for the visualization of tiny structures in three dimensions. By examining the blood vessels of mice in ...

Bipedal walking may lead to skeletal change which can result in limb ischemia, research at the Kumamoto University finds. Peripheral obstructive arterial disease develops when blood vessels narrow due ...

Black patients with critical limb ischemia are more likely than their white counterparts to undergo amputation instead of revascularization, according to a large registry study published online March ...

Do you feel a burning pain in the lower leg or foot when you're resting or lying down? This is a typical symptom of Peripheral artery disease (PAD), which results when the arteries that supply blood ...

A single dose of intravenous glutamine (GLN) administered immediately after a non-lethal lower limb ischemia reduces the reperfusion inflammatory reaction locally and systemically according to a new ...

BEAUFORT, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new report published by THE SAGE GROUP reviews recent calcium research and quantifies the number of CLI patients with calcified leg arteries. “Almost all CLI ...

Podiatrists, wound centers, primary care physicians, and patients with numbness or non-healing wounds urged to seek ...

Peripheral obstructive arterial disease develops when blood vessels narrow due to arteriosclerosis and blood flow in the legs (or rarely the arms) becomes clogged. Intermittent claudication is when ...