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Enhancing PAD Detection: Introducing the Toe Brachial Index (TBI) to Our Community Screenings
What is the Toe Brachial Index (TBI) and how is it performed?
It Takes A Village, or an Online Facebook Community
Our patient Partner and Vascular Cures’ board member, Steve Hamburger, founded a Facebook Community PAD support group that has grown to over 400+ members. Reflecting on the past few months, Steve shares the following about his journey as a moderator and administrator of this online community.
Two Important Papers Published on Patient Reported Outcomes in PAD Working Group
In 2022 the PROM-PAD working group published two papers that will advance this field. The goal of the effort was not simply to provide recommendations to the PAD community, but to catalyze implementation of PROMs in a feasible, meaningful, and scientifically sound fashion to improve the lives of patients with PAD.
The Importance of a Second (and third, and fourth, and fifth) Opinion
I was diagnosed with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) by my primary care provider some ten years ago. Having never heard of this disease before, the first thing I did when I got home was Google it. On the whole, the news was not very encouraging. For as prevalent as the disease was, I didn’t find much in the popular medical literature about it.
Peripheral Artery Disease Patient: How Walking Saved My Life
Patient Blog by Vascular Cures’ Patient Partner Steve H. on his experience with the benefits of walking for patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). I was first diagnosed with Peripheral Artery Disease about 14 years ago. My first symptom was that I couldn’t walk more than two blocks without getting pain in my lower calf muscles, forcing me to stop and start again.
How I Learned to Take Control of My Health
I had never heard of Critical Limb Ischemia* before. I never thought in my wildest dreams that during a shopping spree I would end up in an ambulance. Or that a vascular surgeon would be softly explaining to me that my condition is extremely critical, life-threatening and… that it may lead to limb amputation. It was so devastating!
Vascular Innovation Spotlight: LimFlow | New Option for No-Option Patients
As part of our ongoing Vascular Innovation Series in conjunction with The Way to My Heart, Emmy Award-winning Journalist Kym McNicholas interviews LimFlow CEO Dan Rose.
Innovation Spotlight: DermaFlow | New Early Detection Technology for Peripheral Artery Disease
As part of our ongoing Vascular Innovation Series in conjunction with The Way To My Heart, journalist Kym McNicholas interviewed DermaFlow CEO and Board Member, Irene Jaffe, Ph.D. DermaFlow develops a non-invasive proprietary technology to monitor and stimulate the peripheral blood flow. Dermiflow’s Perivasc and DermVasc are currently limited to investigative use.
PAD – A Mother’s Story
The Vascular Disease Foundation (VDF) ceased operations in January 2014. In October 2014, Vascular Cures acquired most of VDF’s digital assets and educational resources.