Is peripheral vascular disease also known as hypertension or just happens together?

Not the same thing: Peripheral vascular disease is an inflammatory process whereby blockages form in the arteries throughout the body. Hypertension is chronically elevated blood pressure. Although hypertension is a risk factor for atherosclerosis, not every patient with PVD has hypertension.

Peripheral Vascular: In addition, hypertension is one of the risk factors associated with Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD). Poor management of these risk factors can put you at risk for PVD. Those risk factors are: 1. Smoking; 2. Diabetes; 3. Hypertension; 4. High Cholesterol; 5. Over the age of 50; 6. Family history of PVD. Being overweight can also contribute. Please see a Vascular Surgeon to be evaluated.