In a new twist on combining drugs and minimally invasive therapy, early research suggests drug-coated angioplasty balloons keeps narrowed leg arteries open, avoiding the use of a stent…

Hardening of the arteries in the legs is strongly associated with biological markers of inflammation, which may be a warning sign of heart trouble, say Tulane University epidemiologists. In a…

Across America, hospitals large and small have been racing to offer angioplasty and other minimally invasive treatments to open blocked heart arteries. But not all of them have the ability to…

Patients with established artery plaques often have classic cardiovascular risk factors, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity - not to mention smoking - that often go…

A large international study demonstrates that patients world-wide with atherothrombosis (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease) often have cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity and hypertension that are undertreated…

Walking at least 3 times per week seems to significantly slow the functional decline seen in people with peripheral artery disease (PAD), a condition that involves hardening of the blood…

Most arterial occlusive disease is produced by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a generalized response of the artery wall to injury. Atherosclerotic plaques are characterized by smooth muscle migration into the intima and subsequent…