vascular insufficiency

vascular insufficiency,

inadequate peripheral blood flow. Causes include occlusion of vessels by atherosclerotic plaques, thrombi, or emboli; damaged, diseased, or intrinsically weak vascular walls; arteriovenous fistulas; hematologic hypercoagulability; and heavy smoking. Signs of vascular insufficiency include pale, cyanotic, or mottled skin over the affected area; swelling of an extremity; absent or reduced tactile sensation; tingling; diminished sense of temperature; muscle pain, such as intermittent claudication in the calf; and, in advanced disease, ulcers and atrophy of muscles in the involved extremity. Diagnosis may be made by comparing peripheral pulses in contralateral extremities or by angiography, plethysmography, ultrasonography, and skin temperature tests. Treatment of vascular insufficiency may include a diet low in saturated fats, moderate exercise, sleeping on a firm mattress, avoidance of tobacco products, proper standing or sitting posture, elevation of the involved extremity, use of a vasodilating drug, and, if indicated, repair of an arteriovenous fistula or aneurysm or bypass surgery. See also arterial insufficiency.

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acebutolol hydrochloride
amaurosis partialis fugax
amebic colitis
antibiotic-associated colitis
bisoprolol fumarate
colitis
collagenous colitis
Corgard
diversion colitis
encephalomalacia
gingko
granulomatous colitis
ischemic colitis
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Levophed
lumbago
mammoplasty
mucous colitis
nadolol

She is an excellent addition to our advisory board and will provide Endovasc with real world insight into the challenges facing patients with vascular insufficiency ulcers, chronic venous insufficiency ulcers, diabetic/neurotrophic foot ulcers, and other chronic wounds.