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 ...

A new study finds that rather than destroying or removing defective veins, it is possible to repair them by using a sheath. They are thus saved for later use as a bypass. In cases of severe varicose ...

InterVene secured $15 million to validate its catheter-based treatment for correcting failed one-way valves in the veins of the legs, which can lead to backflows of blood, pain and swelling. The ...

Doctors know a lot about the best ways to treat heart attacks and strokes, but until now they really didn't have this kind of information for peripheral artery disease (PAD). Affecting as many as 10 ...

Sponsored by Cardiovascular Institute of the South Venous disease, or venous insufficiency, occurs when the veins in the legs ...

Patients experiencing an achy, heavy feeling or a burning sensation in their legs may be feeling the symptoms of varicose veins. These twisted, enlarged veins often develop as people age, but they ...

Varicose veins, a condition marked by abnormally swollen and twisted veins near the skin surface, often described as “bulging ...

UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed two novel minimally invasive cardiac procedures for the first time in the health system.