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Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) (Expert Forum)

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Questions in the Peripheral Arterial Disease forum are answered by Dr. Lee Kirksey, associate professor at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Topics covered include abdominal aortic aneurysm , amputation, arteriovenous fistula, atherectomy, carotid artery surgery , cholesterol , claudication, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) , endovascular aortic stent graft (EVAR), stent placement , stroke prevention, varicose veins , and venous insufficiency .
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No Veins for blood draw

by Daughter1111,
My 80 year old mother had an unexpected illness which required three we...
1

Urgency of surgery before loss of toes might begin?

by nijamajo40,
My husband has severe PAD with the superficial femoral artery occlusion...
7

I have PAD and DVT my problem hot swelling feet

by Scott52,
Doctor, I am seeing a DR. for this problem but having hard time getting...
4

ABI/Erythromelalgia/Confused

by DownTheRoad,
I believe I have the rare condition Erythromelalgia (EM). Symptoms star...
2

Moderately Severe MR

by kasthana,
I am 56 yr old female. I had a open mitral valvotomy done 20 years back...
2

Dizzy,loss of memory, hand numbness

by brich313,
My husband is 61 years old. Was in good health, but now developed on go...
2

Popliteal / Knee Crease & Calf Pain

by TiredOfThis,
I am a 31 year old male, 6'0" and 140 pounds. I do not smoke. I drank...
6

Surgical clip penetrating abdominal aorta

by danni3808,
I had sugery in Oct 06 for colon cancer. During surgery, I had multipl...
1

Is Sympathetic Nerve Block advisable for PAD induced by vasculitis?

by aikosys,
I have been diagnosed with Polyarteritis Nodosa, and have had an aortag...
3

Spontaneous Contrast On Echo

by CT529,
I'm a 42 year old white male in overall good health. Non Smoker, run...
6

Prominent Veins

by lcjackso,
Hi, Over the last couple of months I noticed that the veins on my ha...
1

Recurring Pituitary Tumor

by Maryam192,
My friend just had a Prolactinoma Pituitary Tumor removed on 8/8/2008. ...
3

leg pain cramps numbness

by karipet,
what causes legs to cramp when legs stretched? also numbness at night a...
2

I seem to have PAD

by Bicuspid,
Since March I have experienced slight tingling in my toes and stronger ...
1

CLL & Heart Disease

by peeperga,
My mom is a 68 year old w/f with a 14 year history of CLL with a curren...
1

Collapsed vein in foot and leg

by annstiques,
I am a paramedic (Who won't charge you $20 for service - sorry had to t...
4

Do I have peripherial arterial disease

by docbuster,
Immediately upon awakening from a three-level lumbar spinal fusion, I k...
1

Ruling out heart problem

by kalai,
Hi Three months bac, when i took ECG some T wave abnormalities wer...
1

Expert Doctors advised needed......plz help me now

by Zaheed,
Hi there, Its about my father who has angina pain day before yesterday...
3

not sure what the topic is

by spencer3111,
I am 52 and had a triple bypass when I was 37. My left outer corotid ar...
1

Cholesterol

by Kaliffa,
My last blood test of 6/5/08 showed totalCholesterol 177, HDL 104, LDL...
1

arterial disease in head

by bobcar,
I recently had an MRI of brain. Have been having headaches on left sid...
2

6.8 cholsterol.

by backwire25,
I am taking Zimstat and like to find out if this is a good treatm...

shooting nerve pain at start of armpit

by tdf520,
shooting nerve pain at start of armpit by tdf520 Tags: nerve ...
3

severe calf pain

by tooyoung99,
I am 26 year old female, and for the last 3 months on and off have been...
1

continued question "calf pain"

by Ihatepalps2,
I wrote yesterday that I had a cramp in my calf Monday night..was fine ...
2

calf pain

by Ihatepalps2,
Last night in the night I had a cramp in my calf--I didnt wake up compl...
1

vascular surgery/ adrenal nodule/ leiomyomatous disease

by fairie757,
Hello I'am very concern with My health. I recently had a ct scan which ...
3

Cholesterol Drugs -- Alternatives to Statins?

by LR23,
My father needs to lower his cholesterol, but Statins cause him signifi...
1

Too young for PAD?

by yasuko,
I'm 37, (66", 170 lbs), mother of 5 and have never had any health probl...
2

RAS

by steveg8558,
I have always had normal blood pressure, 110-120/60-70 until the last f...
1

hi doctor

by butterflymoma,
hi was found w/60% blockage on lad w/had cath...doctor didn'tdo nothin...
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Lee Kirksey, MD
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center of the Univ. of Pennsylvania Healthcare Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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