| Alternative Names:
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| Peripheral vascular disease; PVD; Peripheral arterial disease; PAD; Arteriosclerosis obliterans
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| Symptoms:
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| Often, symptoms affect one limb. If arteriosclerosis exists in both limbs, the intensity is usually different in each.
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| Signs and tests:
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An examination may show arterial bruits (whooshing sound heard with the stethoscope over the artery), decreased or absent pulse in the extremities, or decreased blood pressure in the affected limb.
Blood tests may show high cholesterol.
Peripheral artery disease may be revealed by:
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