Tag Lisa S. Foley MD

1 What is an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)? The aorta tapers in size from roughly 2.8 cm in the thorax to roughly 2.0 cm in the abdomen of adult men. Aneurysms are defined by a 50% increase in normal vessel…

1 Describe claudication and its physiology Intermittent claudication consists of reproducible lower extremity muscular pain induced by exercise and relieved by short periods of rest. It is caused by arterial obstruction, which restricts the normal exercise-induced increase in blood flow,…