Glossary

To have had all or part of a limb (leg, foot or toe) surgically removed.

To surgically remove all or part of a limb (leg, foot or toe)

In this minimally invasiveIn minimally invasive surgery, surgeons use a variety of techniques to operate with less injury to the body than with open surgery. In general, it is safer than open surgery and allows you to recover faster and heal with less pain and scarring. procedure, a small, hollow tube (catheter) is threaded through a blood vessel to the affected arteryArteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body.. A small balloon on the tip of the catheter is inflated to reopen the artery and flatten the blockage into the artery wall, while at the same time stretching the artery open to increase blood flow.

This is the ratio of the systolic blood pressure (SBP) measured at the ankle to that measured in the arm arteryArteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body.. It is sometimes also called the ankle-arm index.

Your doctor will create a graft bypass using a vessel from another part of the body or a blood vessel made of synthetic fabric. This technique allows blood to flow around – or bypass – the blocked or narrowed arteryArteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body..

ArteriesArteries are blood vessels that carry blood to your heart and other parts of your body. are blood vessels that carry blood to your heart and other parts of your body.

ArteriesArteries are blood vessels that carry blood to your heart and other parts of your body. are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body.

A minimally invasiveIn minimally invasive surgery, surgeons use a variety of techniques to operate with less injury to the body than with open surgery. In general, it is safer than open surgery and allows you to recover faster and heal with less pain and scarring. procedure to open blocked arteriesArteries are blood vessels that carry blood to your heart and other parts of your body. by using a device on the end of a catheter to remove atherosclerotic plaque (a deposit of fat and other substances that accumulate in the lining of the arteryArteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body. wall).

AtherosclerosisAtherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body. is a disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteriesArteries are blood vessels that carry blood to your heart and other parts of your body.. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body.

(Arterial bypass surgeryYour doctor will create a graft bypass using a vessel from another part of the body or a blood vessel made of synthetic fabric. This technique allows blood to flow around – or bypass – the blocked or narrowed artery.) Your doctor will create a graft bypass using a vessel from another part of the body or a blood vessel made of synthetic fabric. This technique allows blood to flow around – or bypass – the blocked or narrowed arteryArteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart and other parts of your body..