Phlebitis: A swelling of veins, phlebitis can cause pain, tenderness, or swelling in the affected area as well as warmth and ...

We're spending some time with a vascular surgeon from TidalHealth learning how important our veins and arteries are.

When an artery is needed it's usually taken from the patient's chest during the by-pass surgery itself. When a vein is required, surgeons normally tap the patient's leg. The process, referred to ...

Blockage in the veins of the heart is a serious problem. It can also cause heart attack. Let us tell you that blockage in the ...

Leg pain and leg cramps ... of balloons and/or stents to open arteries; surgery to remove blockages; or bypass surgery, in which a surgeon removes a vein from another area in the body and connects ...