PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE TREATMENT

Lifestyle Changes

Initial treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease includes making lifestyle changes to reduce your risk factors. Changes you can make to manage your condition include:

  • Quit smoking

  • Eat a balanced diet

  • Exercise

  • Manage other health conditions

  • Practice good foot and skin care

Medications

Medications may be recommended to treat conditions such as high blood pressure (anti- hypertensive medications) or high cholesterol (statin medications). An antiplatelet medication such as aspirin or clopidogrel (Plavix) may be prescribed to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Interventional Procedures

More advanced cases can be treated with interventional procedures such as angioplasty (to widen or clear the blocked vessel), angioplasty with stent placement (to support the cleared vessel and keep it open), or atherectomy (to remove the blockage). In some cases, surgical procedures such as peripheral artery bypass surgery may be performed to reroute blood flow around the blood vessel blockage.

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