If you’re over 60, you may have noticed a few aches and pains that weren’t there before, especially in your legs. It’s usually OK when you’re sitting. However, when you walk distances that you used to consider normal, your legs start to feel...
What is the “first line of defense” when it comes to treating peripheral arterial disease, or PAD? The answer might surprise you. At Comprehensive Interventional Care Centers, we’re widely regarded as the best peripheral arterial disease specialists...
In our many years of practicing medicine, we’ve found that there are two medical terms that almost always confuse our patients. The two terms are peripheral artery disease (PAD) and peripheral vascular disease (PVD). We do understand the confusion. These two...
You might have heard about “natural” or “conservative” treatment options for your peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – and you might wonder what those terms mean and if they would work for you. After all, we would all like to avoid more aggressive medical treatments...
As you probably know, diabetes is a growing public health problem. Unfortunately, people with diabetes tend to develop additional related medical conditions. In fact, diabetes is one of the known causes of peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD develops when your...
Patients often ask us, as peripheral arterial disease specialists, whether they can die as a result of their PAD. The answer to this question is “Yes, very definitely, but probably not as a direct result of your disease.” We have to qualify this answer...
