This narrowing is also called stenosis. As the arteries narrow, blood supply to the muscles and tissues in the legs and feet decreases, causing pain, poor healing, and in severe cases tissue death.

The most common cause of carotid artery narrowing is a buildup of plaque ... vessels in the heart and can result in heart attacks and in leg vessels resulting in poor blood flow. Carotid stenosis is ...

With spinal stenosis, such narrowing of the spinal canal or the spaces between the vertebrae could compress the nerves that run into both legs. This results in nerve dysfunction, with patients ...

arterial pressures above and below the segment of stenosis were measured by a capacitance manometer. Figure 3 shows one of a number of relevant experiments. With the degree of stenosis indicated ...

Vascular complications that occur later include renal artery stenosis, intrarenal pseudoaneurysm ... more pronounced in the ipsilateral thigh and leg. Diagnostic methods include nuclear scan ...