Taylor Swift's team announced that her dad, Scott Swift, was recovering from a quintuple bypass. Here's what to know about ...

We're all familiar with fat and cholesterol build-ups in heart arteries. But it can happen in the extremities, especially the legs. Learn more about Peripheral arterial disease.

Peripheral artery disease occurs when plaque or other deposits build up on the walls of blood vessels, often in the legs, and restrict blood flow. Smoking, high cholesterol and diabetes can ...

When a modified surgical technique was used to gently remove sections of leg veins used in coronary artery bypass surgery, the grafts were less likely to become blocked and fewer people had a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September marks peripheral arterial disease (PAD) awareness month.A staggering 18 million Americans 1 suffer from this potentially life threatening disease which ...

Peripheral artery disease, or PAD, afflicts at least 12 million Americans as their leg arteries stiffen and narrow. Eventually, the lack of blood flow to muscles causes an aching pain while ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 52 years old and enjoy long walks with my husband and our dog. I recently started to experience pain in my left calf during our walks.

A novel device called venous external support (VEST) may lead to increased longevity and durability of saphenous (leg) vein grafting during coronary artery bypass surgery, according to a new trial ...