From: Cleveland Clinic, Hospital	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Cleveland	Language: English

Aortic dissection is a tear in the inner lining of the aorta, which is the largest blood vessel in the body.

From: Dean Heller, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Kendall	Language: English

Aortic stent graft

From: Thomas Jefferson, University	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Philadelphia	Language: English

Dr. DiMuzio talks about the treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) which may be performed either surgically through an open incision or in a minimally-invasive procedure called endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).

From: Tufts Medical, Center	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Boston	Language: English

Watch and learn from one of Boston's top cardiovascular specialists about venous disease- better understand varicose veins and potential dangers if the disease progresses.

From: Cleveland Clinic, Hospital	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Cleveland	Language: English

Peripheral Artery Disease is important because it affects the circulation to the leg, causing individuals to have leg pain when they walk.

From: Cleveland Clinic, Hospital	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Cleveland	Language: English

Deep Vein Thrombosi, or DVT is a blood clot in a vein, most commonly occuring in the legs. The risk of DVT is that the clot can break off and travel to the lungs. Symptoms include leg pain, redness and swelling.

From: Beth Israel, NY	Category: Vascular Disease
City: New York	Language: English

There are many different causes of leg pain. Sometimes after surgery or a long plane flight, people can develop a blood clot or DVT, which can cause pain and swelling. Varicose veins can cause pain, which is easily treatable with lasers, but is not life threatening like a DVT. Some people develop blockage in the legs arteries, called PAD.

From: Steven Kang, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: South Miami	Language: English

What is Peripheral Artery Disease or PAD. It is the formation of cholesterol rich plaque in the walls of the blood vessels outside of the heart. In the legs it can cause pain called claudication. The screening test for PAD in the legs is called the ABI or anke brachial index. If the ABI is abnormal, you may need an angiogram. The treatment of PAD is with exercise, medications, angioplasty and surgery, depending of the extent of the disease.

From: Steven Roth, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Nashville	Language: English

Treatments for venous reflux disease and varicose veins offer relief from pain. The Vein Care Pavilion uses VNUS Closure and VNUS ClosureFast to improve patients' vascular function.