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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 ...
    https://www.vascularcures.org/patients/what-is-vascular-disease - Videos
  3. NIH searches for improved blood clot treatment and diagnosis | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... new treatments for deep vein thrombosis and other vascular disorders. ... conditions. Because of the prevalence and seriousness of vascular disorders like these, NIH is working to improve diagnosis, ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...ood-clot-treatment-and-diagnosis - MedlinePlus Magazine
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Mesenteric artery ischemia 
    ... Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020:1057-1061. Kahi CJ. Vascular diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In: Goldman L, Schafer ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001156.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. 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 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007393.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/Clinical Trials ... Peripheral Arterial Disease ... National Institutes of Health ... From the National Institutes of Health
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...ar+Diseases"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  10. Peripheral artery disease - legs 
    ... control. Medicines may be needed to control the disorder, ... people with PAD may need to have the limb removed (amputated).
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000170.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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