St. Joseph’s Vascular Clinic provides diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care for multiple vascular and peripheral vascular diseases. Vascular medicine focuses on problems involving the circulatory system outside of the heart, including the arteries, veins and lymphatic system.
Conditions Treated
The Vascular Clinic treats a variety of conditions, including:
- Atherosclerosis of the aorta
- Aneurysms
- Dissections
- Occlusions
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Carotid artery disease
- Renal artery stenosis
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Venous problems such as deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and chronic venous insufficiency, including varicose veins
- Raynaud’s disease, vasculitis, lymphedema, and other less common vascular conditions
- Thoracic outlet obstruction of arterial, venous and neurogenic origin
Diagnosis
Conditions can be diagnosed by up-to-date ultrasound CT Angiogram and MRA. The ultrasound is the basis of most diagnosis methods and can include: carotid ultrasound, abdominal aortic ultrasound or a venous and arterial ultrasounds.
Treatment
Minimally invasive treatments, such as endovascular stents and thrombolysis are available for both arterial and venous diseases as well as reconstruction surgery. Other treatments include:
- Peripheral vascular interventional/surgical procedures
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, including endoluminal grafting
- Atherectomy (removal of plaque from within an artery)
- Balloon angioplasty
- Bypass grafting
- Embolectomy/thrombectomy (removal of a blood clot)
- Carotid endarterectomy (removal of plaque in the carotid artery)
- Carotid stent-supported angioplasty
- Laser recanalization
- Lower extremity bypass
- Stent implantation
- Upper extremity surgery
- Varicose vein stripping
- Ligation and stripping of veins
- Corrective surgery for thoracic outlet with arterial, venous and neurogenic complications
Contact Us
For more information on the Vascular Clinic, please call 1-877-602-4111.
