Health First´s dedicated team of vascular surgeons provide treatments for a variety of vascular conditions, such as aortic aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, carotid disease, varicose veins and deep vein thrombosis.
Treatments and procedures include:
- Aneurysm repair
- Abdominal aortic (AAA)
- Popliteal, iliac, renal
- Atherectomy (removal of atherosclerosis that is blocking blood vessels)
- Carotid angioplasty
- Carotid endarterectomy (used in stroke prevention)
- Carotid stenting
- Hemodialysis fistula or graft (connects an artery to a vein for dialysis)
- Peripheral artery bypass
- Varicose vein
- Radiofrequency ablation (vein closure)
- Phlebectomy (vein removal)
- Stents for blocked arteries – renal, peripheral
- Transcarotid artery revascularization/TCAR
- Vascular testing
- Duplex ultrasound (studies the speed and flow of blood through vessels)
- Arterial (such as carotid, aortic and renal arteries)
- Venous [including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and varicose veins]
- Measurements of circulation in the legs
- Segmental limb pressure/pulse volume recording (SLP/PVR)
- Ankle–brachial index (ABI)