From: Philip Zeni, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Memphis	Language: English

Laser treatment of varicose veins. Laser can now be used to treat varicose veins. Varicose veins can cause pain and bruising of the legs. Now laser treatment of these veins can eliminate them with an easy procedure, and a short recovery time.

From: Philip Zeni, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Memphis	Language: English

PAD Peripheral Artery disease is usually interchangable with PVD Peripheral Vascular Disease. It is narrowing in the arteries of the body, commonly the legs from atherosclerosis. The risk factors are smoking, high cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension. The most common symptom is pain in the legs when you walk or claudication. The initial screening test is the ABI- anke brachial index. An arteriogram can also be performed. Treatment can be surgery or stents, in addition to exercise.

From: Guy Photopulos, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Memphis	Language: English

Lymphedema: Dr. Guy Photopulos, a surgical oncologist, reviews lymphedema, which is essentially severe leg swelling. Some patients have primary lymphedema, meaning it is not from another cause. But most cases are secondary to another problem, such as trauma, surgery, cancer. In addition to pain in the legs, and difficulty with ambulation, skin problems, such as skin infections are the major complications from lymphedema.

From: Charles Bruce, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Rochester	Language: English

Marfans syndrome is a connective tissue disorder. Outwardly the people that have marfans syndrome are usually very tall and lanky, with a long arm span. The main problem that people with marfans syndrome develop is that their Aorta, the main blood vessel of the body, becomes enlarged. The treatment to prevent an Aortic dissection, or a tear in that large artery is frequently surgical. Dr. Charles Bruce, Mayo Clinic.

From: Stanley Snyder, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Nashville	Language: English

Varicose veins. Dr. Stanley Snyder. Vascular Surgery, Nashville TN.

From: Ronald OGorman, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Mobile	Language: English

Ronald B. O'Gorman, MD and varicose veins, spider venous, venous insufficiency, endovenous laser therapy

From: Carl Maltese, md	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Mobile	Language: English

Carl Maltese, M.D. explains endovascular aneurym repair

From: Guiseppe Lanzino, MD	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Rochester	Language: English

Carotid Artery Disease: Dr. Guiseppe Lanzino, a neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic, discusses the treatment options for carotid artery disease.

From: Detroit Medical Center, Detroit MI	Category: Vascular Disease
City: Detroit	Language: English

A DMC patient suffering from an abdominal aortic aneurysm receives an endovascular graft to alleviate the potentially deadly problem, performed by DMC cardiac specialist Dr. Ali Kafi. ~ Detroit Medical Center