St. Luke’s physicians are offering a new minimally invasive procedure that offers hope to persons facing likely amputation of ...

St. Luke's University Health Network physicians are offering a new minimally invasive procedure that offers hope to persons ...

On the heels of announcing that it was the first in the Lehigh Valley to offer a new non-invasive heart test, St. Luke’s University Health Network said it is now also offering a new minimally invasive ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...

The evidence supporting the efficacy of exercise therapy for patients with PAD dates back to 1966 when 6 months of unsupervised intermittent walking exercise was demonstrated to improve time walked to ...

What is posterior tibialis tendon surgery? Posterior tibialis tendon surgery is a way to fix the tendon on the back of your calf that goes down the inside part of your ankle. A surgeon can do a few ...

Your body tries to clear up the inflammation, which creates a seal of fibrous material over the fatty material. Over time, this forms a hardened plaque (also known as atheroma), making your artery ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg. It is a branch of the ...

For patients with infrapopliteal artery stenosis, a 0.014 inch stiff type guidewire was used. This was designed for tibial and peroneal artery disease. A deep long balloon with a major axis of 120 ...

More tests showed that her left circumflex artery "had a 99% blockage." A piece of plaque that had built up in the artery had detached, blocking nearly all blood flow. "They told my family I was ...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. (A.A.d.O., F.S., M.E.G., R.K., A.Q., C.-L.M.C., S.T.D.) Women and Children’s ...