DALLAS. (KFSN) -- One in every 20 Americans over the age of 50 experiences peripheral artery disease, clogged arteries, usually in the legs, which can cause extreme pain and increase the risk for ...

For many of the 2 million to 3 million Americans with leg pain from narrowed arteries, exercise could be more effective than some surgeries, a University of Minnesota researcher says. The primary ...

If you suffer from severe leg pain, it may be more than just tension, arthritis, or joint problems. It may be the sign of something much bigger. There's a clinical trial that's helping patients who ...

InterVene’s Recana is claimed to be the first fully integrated catheter system to address venous in-stent restenosis (ISR).

NATICK, Mass. (AP) -- Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Thursday it received U.S. approval for a new type of stent to treat blocked arteries in the legs. The Food and Drug ...

Drug-coated "scaffolds" that are placed in the arteries and then melt away over time could offer a new treatment for people with painfully clogged leg arteries, an early study suggests. Researchers ...

Stenosis refers to narrowing or blockage of an artery due to buildup of a fatty substance called plaque (atherosclerosis). When it happens in the heart’s arteries (coronary arteries), it’s called ...

Now that unnecessary heart-stent procedures happen significantly less often, doctors are flagging a new area of concern: unnecessary leg stents. Some physicians are stenting leg arteries and removing ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 75-year-old wife had two third generation medicine-eluting stents inserted into a branch of the left anterior coronary artery in January 2020. On 75 mg of clopidogrel and 81 mg of ...

DALLAS. (KFSN) -- One in every 20 Americans over the age of 50 experiences peripheral artery disease, clogged arteries, usually in the legs, which can cause extreme pain and increase the risk for ...