Don`t let fear keep you from saving your leg
(WorldNews Health)

It is troubling that patients with strokes, heart attacks and other emergent heath problems have not been seeking heath care due to concerns of COVID-19. As a medical professional, it alarms me to see patients who desperately need care delay or go without it altogether. This is a distressing situation. Equally important are patients suffering from limb-threatening conditions, such as peripheral arterial disease, especially those requiring prompt intervention by a vascular surgeon to prevent lower limb amputation. Vascular disease such as peripheral arterial disease is very often the reason for loss of blood flow to the leg and the eventual need for a preservation type of treatment if left...