Acute limb ischemia occurs due to a sudden decrease in the blood flow to a limb, resulting in a potential threat to the viability of the extremity. Unfortunately, the threat is not only to the ...

Although scientists estimate that more than 230 million people worldwide suffer from Peripheral Artery Disease, it is often ...

Because of these limitations a new diagnostic description was proposed: A TIA is a brief episode of neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain or retinal ischemia, with clinical symptoms ...

Ischemia means lack of blood supply, which may result in tissue damage because of ... If blood cannot get to the brain for a ...

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Ischemia occurs when the heart does not receive adequate blood supply to function ...