Pages tagged: ischemia

Buerger’s Disease

Smoking causes the blood vessels to tighten in everyone who smokes. But in people with Buerger’s disease, there is so...

Arterial Blockage

What causes arterial blockage? Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) can result from a condition known as atherosclerosis, where a waxy substance...

Angina

Angina pectoris is a Latin phrase that means “strangling in the chest.” Patients describe angina as a squeezing, suffocating, or...

Silent Ischemia

Cardiac ischemia refers to lack of blood flow and oxygen to the heart muscle. Cardiac ischemia happens when an artery...