After a nine-month delay due to technical setbacks, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return to Earth on March 16, 2025. Their mission aboard the ISS, initially intended for ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition in which one or more of the arteries supplying blood to the body, flowing away from the heart, become blocked or partially blocked. This often reduces ...

The evidence supporting the efficacy of exercise therapy for patients with PAD dates back to 1966 when 6 months of unsupervised intermittent walking exercise was demonstrated to improve time walked to ...

Your arteries are a key part of your heart and circulatory system. They carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to organs and tissues around the body. But if the walls of the arteries become damaged by ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg. It is a branch of the ...

What is an aortic dissection? An aortic dissection is a tear (dissection) in the wall of the body’s main artery (aorta). The aorta sends blood from your heart to the rest of your body. A tear causes ...

Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a noninvasive 3D imaging test that identifies plaque and blockages or narrowing (stenosis) of the coronary arteries. During the test, a dye is ...