Advanced Podiatry Specialists Specialists offers non-invasive vascular testing for peripherial arterial disease (PAD) & chronic venous insuffiency (CVI)

We are pleased to offer the newest and greatest technology with the PADNet 2.0 from Biomedix for testing for these diseases by checking for: pulse volume recording right measurements…

What Your Legs Might Be Telling You

Even if you don’t have symptoms of peripheral artery disease, you may need to be screened if you are:

Over age 70

Over age 50 and have a history of diabetes or smoking

Under age 50, but have diabetes and other peripheral artery disease risk factors, such as obesity or high blood pressure

Peripheral artery disease is often caused by atherosclerosis.

Peripheral artery disease

Complications

If your peripheral artery disease is caused by a buildup of plaques in your blood vessels (atherosclerosis), you’re also at risk of developing:

Critical limb ischemia

This condition begins as open sores that don’t heal, an injury, or an infection of your feet or legs. Critical limb ischemia occurs when such injuries or infections progress and can cause tissue death (gangrene), sometimes requiring amputation of the affected limb.

Stroke and heart attack

The atherosclerosis that causes the signs and symptoms of peripheral artery disease isn’t limited to your legs. Fat deposits also build up in arteries supplying your heart and brain

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Risk Factors

Factors that increase your risk of developing peripheral artery disease include:

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