Moderately severe claudication significantly reduces a patient's ability to exercise. Peak oxygen consumption may be reduced by as much as 50%. By comparison, this reduction approximates the decrement ...

Though many people think of injuries or accidents when they think of amputations, more than half result from complications of cardiovascular issues, leading amputations caused by the effects of ...

Madrid, Spain – 31 August 2025: Drug-coated stents and balloons were not associated with reduced risk of amputation or improved quality of life compared with uncoated devices in two trials in ...

MADRID -- Paclitaxel coating added no benefit to balloons and stents for endovascular peripheral arterial disease (PAD) intervention in the SWEDEPAD 1 and 2 trials -- and in fact, researchers said ...

Drug-coated stents and balloons were not associated with a reduction in amputations or improved quality of life compared with uncoated devices among patients with peripheral artery disease, according ...