A new study found that peripheral neuropathy is linked to slow gait and impaired lower extremity performance in older adults with and without diabetes. Peripheral neuropathy is a progressive ...

Lower extremity peripheral artery disease is a condition that develops when the arteries in the legs and feet become narrowed, or occluded, by an accumulation of a fatty substance called plaque, which ...

The angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) telmisartan (Micardis) did not significantly improve walking performance in patients with lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a randomized ...

This review examines the current guidance and issues related to lipid optimization of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). A narrative review that was published in the Annals of Vascular ...

The new joint guideline from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology provides recommendations to guide clinicians in the treatment of patients with lower extremity ...

The field of lower-extremity peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) is seeing rapid growth, but little is known about real-world practice patterns and outcomes. To tease out this information, ...

Only a few U.S. nursing home residents who undergo lower extremity revascularization procedures are alive and ambulatory a year after surgery, according to UCSF researchers, and most patients still ...