Peripheral vascular diseases encompass the diagnosis and treatment of blood vessels present around the body, brain, and heart. Also known as PVD and peripheral artery disease (PAD), it manages the diseases related with blood circulation and blood vessel blockages.
Peripheral Vascular Diseases are circulation disorders that affect blood vessels outside of the heart and brain. PVD typically strikes the veins and arteries that supply the arms, legs, and organs located below your stomach. These are the blood vessels that are distant from the heart, hence they are known as peripheral vessels.
If you have ever experienced a vascular-related medical condition, you might have heard about invasive and non-invasive peripheral vascular examinations. With the development of technology, more and more people now prefer non-invasive methods of arterial disease diagnosis
The term peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is commonly used to refer to peripheral artery disease (PAD), meaning narrowing or occlusion by atherosclerotic plaques of arteries outside of the heart and brain. Risk factors for peripheral artery disease include elevated blood cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, inactivity, and overweight/obesity
Approximately half of people with peripheral artery disease do not experience any symptoms. For patients with symptoms. Treatments include lifestyle changes, supervised exercise, medications, angioplasty, and surgery.
