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Vascular Diseases

What are vascular diseases?

Your vascular system is your body's network of blood vessels. It includes your:

  • Arteries, which carry oxygen-rich blood from your heart to your tissues and organs
  • Veins, which carry the blood and waste products back to your heart
  • Capillaries, which are tiny blood vessels that connect your small arteries to your small veins. The walls of the capillaries are thin and leaky, to allow for an exchange of materials between your tissues and blood.

Vascular diseases are conditions which affect your vascular system. They are common and can be serious. Some types include:

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  1. Vascular Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are vascular diseases? Your vascular system is your body's network of blood vessels. It includes your: Arteries, which carry oxygen-rich ... exchange of materials between your tissues and blood. Vascular diseases are conditions which affect your vascular system. They ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/vasculardiseases.html - Health Topics
  2. What Is Vascular Disease? Video (Vascular Cures)  
    ... Innovation Summits News Contact Us Donate What is Vascular Disease? Vascular diseases affect the circulatory system. Due to ... to help you understand what vascular disease is. Vascular Disease Can Affect Anyone. The cost in terms of ...
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  3. Peripheral Vascular Disease (Texas Heart Institute)  
    Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) involves damage to or blockage in the blood vessels distant from your heart. Your peripheral arteries ...
    https://www.texasheart.org/.../topics/peripheral-vascular-disease - External Health Links
  4. Angioplasty and stent placement - peripheral arteries 
    ... 43. Kinlay S, Bhatt DL. Treatment of noncoronary obstructive vascular disease. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Tomaselli ... Conte MS, Pomposelli FB, et al. Society for Vascular Surgery ... of the lower extremities: management of asymptomatic disease ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007393.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Mesenteric artery ischemia 
    ... Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020:1057-1061. Kahi CJ. Vascular diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In: Goldman L, Schafer ... chap 134. Lo RC, Schermerhorn ML. Mesenteric arterial disease: ... Surgery and Endovascular Therapy . 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001156.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Collagen vascular disease 
    ... previously said to have "connective tissue" or "collagen vascular" disease. We now have names for many specific conditions ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001223.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Ischemic ulcers - self-care 
    Ischemic ulcers (wounds) can occur when there is poor blood flow in your legs . Ischemic means reduced blood flow to an area of the body. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000742.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. ClinicalTrials.gov: Vascular Diseases From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Vascular Diseases/Clinical Trials ... Vascular Diseases
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...ar+Diseases"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  9. ClinicalTrials.gov: Peripheral Vascular Diseases From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Peripheral Arterial Disease
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...ar+Diseases"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  10. Raynaud's Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    Raynaud's disease is a rare disorder of the blood vessels, usually in the fingers and toes. It causes the blood vessels to narrow when you are cold or feeling ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/raynaudsdisease.html - Health Topics
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