Vascular Medicine
In the body vascular system consists of all the veins and arteries. Vascular medicine consists many different disease states. There are many categories of vascular diseases treated by vascular medicine specialists:
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Arterial disease
· Venous disease
· Lymphedema
· Some connective tissue
disease
Commonly encountered conditions in the field of Vascular Medicine include:
· peripheral arterial disease / claudication - blockages in the leg arteries; may cause pain with walking
· carotid artery stenosis - blockages in the neck arteries; may lead to a stroke
· Renal artery stenosis - blockages in the kidney arteries; may contribute to high blood pressure and/or chronic kidney disease
· Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) - a bulging of the aorta that may cause it to rupture
· venous problems such as deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and chronic venous insufficiency
· Raynaud’s, vasculitis, lymphedema, and other less common vascular conditions.
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