VASCULAR MEDICINE
Vascular medicine offers modern diagnosis and extensive treatment for vascular diseases of the circulatory system including arteries, lymphatics, and veins.
Our centre primarily focuses on surgiacal as well as non-surgical diagnosis and treatment for all vascular problems that include
- Arteries that supply blood from the heart to the tissues and other organs
- Veins that deliver blood to the heart from the organs
- The lymphatic system carries lymph fluid back to the circulatory system
Common conditions present in vascular medicine are
- PAD(Peripheral arterial disease)/ Claudication – It causes pain while walking due to blockages in your leg arteries
- Carotid artery disease – neck arteries blockages that may result in paralysis or stroke.
- Carotid artery disease – neck arteries blockages that may result in paralysis or stroke.
- Renal artery disease – kidney artery blockages that result in chronic kidney problems due to high blood pressure
- Mesenteric artery disease – blockages in the arteries carrying blood to intestine, stomach, liver, spleen, stomach, etc
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) – a swollen aorta which can lead it to rupture and can cause sudden death
- Venous problems like DCT (deep venous thrombosis) and CVI (chronic venous insufficiency).
- Vasculitis, Raynaud’s. lymphedema, and some not so common vascular diseases
Diseases treated by vascular medicine
One of the best vascular surgeons in Hyderabad encloses different states of several diseases. With the advancement in the area of vascular medicine, the range of diseases that can be treated also changes. The main categories of vascular diseases treated by vascular specialists are
Arterial disease
It includes
- Peripheral artery disease involving upper or lower limb
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Renal artery stenosis
- Mesenteric artery disease
Venous disease
The vascular medicine is useful in treating venous diseases like deep vein thrombosis (DVT) & chronic venous insufficiency (CVI).
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be easily controlled and treated along with the related complications like post phlebitis syndrome.
Not so common venous malformations are diagnosed and treated effectively for example Klippel-Trenaunay.
Lymph dysfunction
Vascular specialists treat Lymph dysfunction like lymphedema
Connective tissue disease
It includes vasculitis that impacts blood vessels and several other diseases associated with blood vessel walls like Ehlers, Danlos and Marfan etc
Vascular disease
Before vascular medicine came into existence, some diseases were “orphan diseases” for example fibromuscular dysplasia.
Nowadays, patients suffering from fibromuscular dysplasia are treated by vascular medicine specialists. Some other examples to consider are spontaneous benign blue finger and pernio.
Vascular manifestations of systemic disease
Certain diseases are diagnosed by evaluating their vascular action like blue toe syndrome has several causes wherein each cause has a distinct diagnosis and treatment.
Do vascular medicine specialists carry out surgical procedures too?
Well, some vascular medicine specialists perform surgical procedures while others are not involved in surgical procedures.
These procedures consist of arterial and venous procedures. It entirely depends on the local habits, expertise of the specialist.
Ideally, vascular medicine specialists perform non-invasive procedures. After diagnosis, if the specialists in vascular medicine in Secundrabad, find that the patient needs surgery then they can be treated with required procedure or surgery.
The vascular medicine specialists ensure that patients are aware of vascular health problems and understand the various treatment options available.
