Peripheral intervention using the more challenging antegrade route results in a higher rate of access site complications including transfusion than does conventional retrograde access, according to a ...

The use of IVUS imaging can guide operators in a variety of clinical scenarios involving lower-extremity arterial and venous peripheral interventions, according to a new international consensus ...

Heart-healthy habits help patients with PAD, but lifestyle changes and medical therapy are dramatically underused by patients and their doctors. Patients who quit smoking and took an aspirin and ...

For the first time, appropriate use criteria (AUC) have been issued to provide guidance as to which interventions and devices to use — but also which should be avoided — in the management of patients ...

In their report, the multiorganization committee provided a detailed account of peripheral artery intervention appropriate use criteria by indication, including renal artery stenosis (RAS), lower ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . From 2006 to 2016, the percentage of patients presenting with critical limb ischemia, rates of femoral-popliteal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The rate of growth in use of peripheral vascular interventions appears to have stabilized from 2006 to 2011, but ...

Proceedings from an expert consensus roundtable that discussed the benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in lower extremity revascularization procedures were released today in the Journal of the ...

People who took rivaroxaban (Xarelto) after lower-extremity revascularization for peripheral artery disease (PAD) enjoyed fewer subsequent major adverse limb and cardiovascular events, according to ...

A new study published today in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (JSCAI) explores the safety and efficacy of using radial access (RA) for peripheral artery ...

Peripheral vascular interventions, such as angioplasty, improves blood flow, specifically to the legs. But before PVI, more than half of patients studied failed to receive minimal medical therapy, ...