Angioplasty Treatments for Peripheral Arterial Disease

Angioplasty is done with a very small balloon catheter that is threaded into the artery, and slowly inflated to “open” the blocked artery. The plaque that is blocking the artery is crushed, and sometimes a tiny “stent”, or small tube is placed in the area to keep the artery open. The success rate for angioplasty is very high, around 95%. Good blood flow is essential to good quality of life. Blocked arterial flow not only impinges on daily activities, but impacts work performance, and can be life threatening. Angioplasty will revascularize the lower extremities, and return normalcy and quality of life to you.

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is evidenced by leg pain even at rest, leg ulcers that do not heal, and pain on exercising. “Rest” pain is due to blocked or occluded arteries that don’t deliver blood to the legs. Claudication, pain on walking is always in the same place, such as the calves, and doesn’t move to other areas of the legs. Imaging studies will be conducted to locate the particular area and severity of the blockage, and a non-invasive blood flow study will be done.

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