Boston, MA - A paclitaxel-coated balloon may end up filling a role never successfully filled by drug-eluting stents (DES): angioplasty of the leg. According to Dr Gunnar Tepe ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- We're all familiar with fat and cholesterol buildups in heart arteries. But it can happen in the extremities, especially the legs. John Bilkins, a retired firefighter from East ...

DUBLIN - U.S. hospitals this week began using a new medical device from Medtronic plc called the IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) to treat patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Medtronic, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) for the interventional treatment of ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) develops ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 8 million people in the United States have Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), a type of Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD), ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Non-surgical treatment to unblock clogged arteries in legs and feet can save them from being amputated, even though those blood vessels are small and tricky to work in, ...

My leg hurts when I exercise. Could it be peripheral vascular disease? Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a common condition that affects the blood vessels outside of the heart and brain, most ...

Restoring blood flow to the legs, whether through bypass surgery or a less invasive artery-opening procedure with a stent, reduced pain and improved quality of life for people with peripheral artery ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) develops ...