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https://www.texasheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/iStock-172464770_Vascular-System-Veins.jpg1600900Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) involves damage to or blockage in the blood vessels distant from your heart. Your peripheral arteries and veins carry blood to and from your arm and leg muscles and the organs in and below your stomach area.