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Name of the medical condition and other names that it’s been known by • Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) • Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) What is Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)? Peripheral arterial disease (PAS) is sometimes called peripheral vascular disease (PVD), but PAD is more specific to artery problems. We'll focus on PAD in this explanation. PAD (Peripheral Artery Disease) is a problem with blood flow in the arteries, mainly in the legs. It's caused by atherosclerosis, which is wh