Medtronic announced the primary and secondary outcomes of the VenaSeal Spectrum Venous Leg Ulcer study. According to the ...

The treatment, which is minimally invasive, works by inserting a thin tube (called a catheter) into the damaged vein. Radio waves are sent through the tube to gently heat the vein walls. This causes ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Venous hypertension is a common medical condition, especially in older adults, when the blood pressure in your veins is higher than it should be. When ...

Remarkably, hierarchical clustering revealed patterns of gene expression that reflected some of the known properties of the cells in situ; arterial versus venous markers, microvascular characteristics ...

Lower limb venous disease is a common reason patients see primary care physicians. Presentations vary from varicose veins, to swelling, to venous skin changes (eg, eczema), and to ulceration ... is ...

This condition is known as venous insufficiency. Venous ulcers are usually shallow ... When arteries aren't delivering blood to the skin properly, arterial skin ulcers, also called ischemic ulcers, ...

Of those patients, 15% are likely to experience a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). Approximately 85% of diabetes-related lower extremity amputations are preceded by a DFU, and most of these amputations ...

Symptoms and signs of CVI include Restless leg syndrome (pain, cramping in legs) hyperpigmentation, stasis dermatitis, , chronic edema and venous ulcers. * Edema begins in the perimalleolar region and ...

Signs of PAD fall into two categories: those present in the symptomless foot at routine screening and those that accompany active foot disease, such as an ulcer. The occurrence of ischemia is ...

Adequate care for venous insufficiency (e.g., compressive bandaging) should be continued to prevent new or relapsing ulceration. Conversely, a strength of the study is that our database is of a ...

Introduction: Chronic venous disorder (CVeD) has a high prevalence, being commonly diagnosed by the presence of varicose veins. In fact, the development of varicose veins in lower extremities and/or ...