Treatments
Vascular and Vein Care
Cardiovascular Treatment
We will partner with your primary care provider, podiatrist and wound care professional to provide
- Amputation prevention
- Leg and foot ulcer
- Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI)
- Discoloration of legs
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), blood clot in the leg or legs
- Leg swelling
- Leg pain
- Venous compression/May-Thurner Syndrome
- Limb salvage
- Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
- Varicose veins and venous insufficiency
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
Peripheral artery disease (also called peripheral arterial disease or peripheral vascular disease, PVD) is a common circulation problem. PAD occurs when the blood vessels (arteries) that carry blood from your heart to your neck, arms, stomach or legs become narrowed or blocked. When the arteries have blockage, you don’t get enough blood flow to the affected area. This results in symptoms such as claudication, or leg pain when walking.
PAD Symptoms
- Claudication: Cramping or aching in your hip, thigh or calf muscles after certain activities, such as walking or climbing stairs
- Leg numbness or weakness
- Skin discoloration on your legs and/or feet
- Leg coolness
- Sores on your toes, feet or legs that won’t heal
- Erectile dysfunction in men
- No pulse or a weak pulse in your legs or feet
Risk Factors
Factors that increase your
risk of developing PAD
include
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Smoking
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Age > 50
- A family history of PAD, PVD, heart disease or stroke
Complications
Critical limb ischemia (CLI). This condition occurs when open sores or wounds on your legs and/or feet don’t heal due to lack of circulation, which is known as ischemia. CLI frequently starts after an injury to your legs or feet or because of an infection. CLI can progress to tissue loss and/or gangrene, partial foot amputation or loss of your entire limb, either above or below the knee amputation.
Reviews
Treatment Options
Medicine
Medications like aspirin and cholesterol lowering medicines are used to prevent blood clots from forming inside the arteries and to decrease the inflammation in the arteries.
Atherectomy
Multiple atherectomy or “roto-rooter” devices are available and can be used to clear out the plaque and blockage in arteries by mechanical means, including a drill or laser.
Stents
Sometimes metal coils called stents are placed permanently into the artery after balloon angioplasty to help support the artery and prevent it from closing.
Balloon angioplasty
A balloon in inserted into the artery through a blockage and then inflated to clear the blockage. The balloon is then removed from the body. Some balloons are coated with types of medication that stick to the artery and prevent the blockage from returning.
Endovascular procedures
Blockages in the arteries can often be cleared or made better by an endovascular procedure. Tools used to clear blockage are inserted into the body through a small tube in an artery in the arm, groin or foot. In most cases, this is a safer option than working through an insertion in the groin, and results in quicker recovery
Second opinions
It can often be helpful to obtain more than one opinion when deciding what treatment option is best for you – especially if you are at risk of losing a part or all of your limb. Treatment options can vary depending on the physician’s specific areas of expertise.
