Vascular Medicine Patient Information Pages Archive

The ‘Vascular Disease Patient Information Page’ is a regular feature of Vascular Medicine. All articles in this collection are available online for free. The Patient Pages provide up-to-date and concise information for patients and cover a variety of cardiovascular health issues. If you have an idea for a Patient Page, please email the editor Elizabeth Ratchford with your suggestions.

Note: The ‘Vascular Disease Patient Information Page’ is provided for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice.

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A

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
• Antiphospholipid antibodies
• Aortic dissection

C

• Cancer-associated thrombosis
• Carotid artery disease
• Catheter-related venous thrombosis
• Cervical artery dissection
• Cholesterol: Understanding cholesterol
• Compression therapy
• COVID-19-related thrombosis
• Critical limb ischemia

D

• Direct oral anticoagulants - 2020 update
• Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs)

E

• Electronic cigarettes
• Exercise as medicine
• Exercise for peripheral artery disease
• External iliac artery endofibrosis

F

• Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)

G

• Giant cell (temporal) arteritis

H

• Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
• Hypertension

I

• Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters
• Intracranial Aneurysms

L

• Leg Cramps
• Lipedema
• Livedoid vasculopathy
• Lower extremity ulcers
• Lymphedema

M

• May-Thurner syndrome
• Mesenteric artery stenosis

P

• Addressing disparities in peripheral artery disease-related amputation
• Pelvis venous reflux (pelvic congestion syndrome)
• Peripheral artery disease
• Pernio (chilblains)
• Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome
• Popliteal vein aneurysm
• Post-thrombotic syndrome
• Pregnancy, contraception and venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism)

R

• Raynaud's phenomenon

S

• Smoking cessation
• Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
• Statins
• Subclavian artery stenosis
• Superficial vein thrombosis
• Swollen leg

T

• Thrombophilia
• Thoracic aortic aneurysm
• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Travel-related venous thromboembolism

U

• Understanding cholesterol

V

• Varicose Veins
• Vascular considerations with COVID-19 vaccines
• Vascular imaging: Advanced vascular imaging
• Vascular Laboratory
• Venous leg ulcers
• Venous reflux testing
• Venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism)
• Venous thrombosis at unusual sites