New angioplasty procedure improves blood flow in blocked arteries to extremities

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Patients with blocked arteries to their extremities, known as peripheral artery disease (PAD) or critical limb ischemia (CLI), may now find relief from lower leg pain and wounds caused by impaired leg artery circulation with the previously unproven therapy, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).

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