By Dr. Saurabh Joshi Deepak (78, name changed) had been suffering from varicose veins in his left leg (swollen due to accumulation of blood) for 20 years. He was undergoing compression therapy ...

Listen to the subtle symptoms of clogged arteries as it could lead to health complications, including heart attack and brain ...

Blood clots in the vein are most likely to form in the calf or thigh but can also occur in the arm, typically the upper part. A blood clot within a leg or arm artery can also occur. The limb is ...

We're spending some time with a vascular surgeon from TidalHealth learning how important our veins and arteries are.

Hypersensitivity to the cold, especially ice cold feet, as well as a feeling of heaviness in the legs, are linked to the ...

People who have an abnormal passageway between an artery and vein (arteriovenous fistula) in the leg. Vein ligation and stripping removes varicose veins successfully in 80 out of 100 people. That ...

The graft is most often a vein taken from another place in your leg. Sometimes the graft is a man-made blood vessel. The graft will carry blood from the femoral artery in your groin to the tibial ...

lower leg and foot, and his calf muscle swelled up," says Sheskier. "The fascia, which goes over the muscle, became extremely tight, crushing the muscle, veins and artery. That's why he was in so ...

Leg pain and leg cramps aren’t always an ... an operation called deep vein arterialisation (DVA), in which they connect an artery with a vein to try to provide additional blood flow to help ...

How compression socks work "The veins of the legs have to return blood upstream ... a condition where the arteries become narrowed or blocked. Compression socks can further impede blood flow.

When an artery is needed it's usually taken from the patient's chest during the by-pass surgery itself. When a vein is required, surgeons normally tap the patient's leg. The process, referred to ...