Vascular Interventions
The division of Vascular Surgery provides consultation and treatment of all forms of peripheral vascular disease (diseases of the blood vessels outside of the heart). The following services are available:
- 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
- Thrombolysis
- Upper extremity surgery
- Varicose vein stripping
- Treatment of venous ulcerations (acute and chronic)
- Sclerotherapy for nonsurgical treatment of varicose veins