This method was used initially for the visualization of the peripheral arteries.
Another such pulse which can be felt better in peripheral arteries is pulsus alternans.
It has direct relaxing effects on peripheral arteries and veins.
Much faster than the stream of blood itself, it is then transported through the vessel walls to the peripheral arteries.
In some cases blockages in the peripheral arteries may be treated with catheterization and balloon dilatation instead of surgery.
In one study half the patients with diabetes had problems with their peripheral arteries, and those problems can bring on gangrene and lead to amputation.
All the major peripheral arteries are fairly close to the skin's surface.
A bypass may be performed on peripheral arteries with occlusive disease.
So far, most of vessel remodeling studies are based on peripheral arteries, such as carotid and iliac arteries.
Diagnosis and management of diseases of the peripheral arteries and veins.