Patient Information Pages
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.
A
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
- Achenbach syndrome (paroxysmal finger hematoma)
- Antiphospholipid antibodies
- Aortic dissection
C
- Cancer-associated thrombosis
- Carotid artery disease
- Catheter-related venous thrombosis
- Cervical artery dissection
- Cholesterol: Understanding cholesterol
- Compression therapy
- Coping with a serious vascular disease diagnosis
- COVID-19-related thrombosis
- Critical limb ischemia
D
- A guide for patients with newly diagnosed deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
- Una Guía para Pacientes Recién Diagnosticados con Trombosis Venosa Profunda y/o Tromboembolismo Pulmonar
- 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
G
- Giant cell (temporal) arteritis
- Genetic testing for inherited vascular diseases associated with aneurysm and dissection
H
I
L
M
P
- A guide for patients with newly diagnosed deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
- Una Guía para Pacientes Recién Diagnosticados con Trombosis Venosa Profunda y/o Tromboembolismo Pulmonar
- Addressing disparities in peripheral artery disease-related amputation
- Pelvis venous reflux (pelvic congestion syndrome)
- Peripheral artery disease
- Popliteal artery aneurysm
- Pernio (chilblains)
- Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome
- Popliteal vein aneurysm
- Post-thrombotic syndrome
- Pregnancy, contraception and venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism)
R
S
- Smoking cessation
- Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
- Statins
- Subclavian artery stenosis
- Superficial vein thrombosis
- Superficial venous interventions
- Swollen leg
T
- Thrombophilia
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Travel-related venous thromboembolism
U
V
- Superficial venous interventions
- 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