Procedures and treatment
- increasing age (which results in a loss of elasticity in the veins and their valves),
a family history of heart or vascular disease,
illness or injury,
pregnancy.
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- cerebral aneurysm,
acute arterial and graft occlusion,
carotid endarterectomy,
endovascular grafting.
Vascular surgery is a surgical subspecialty in which diseases of the vascular system,
or arteries, veins and lymphatic circulation, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive
catheter procedures, and surgical reconstruction. The specialty evolved from general and cardiac
surgery as well as minimally invasive techniques pioneered by interventional radiology. The vascular
surgeon is trained in the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting all parts of the vascular
system except those of the heart and brain. Cardiothoracic surgeons and interventional cardiologists
treat diseases of the heart vessels. Vascular surgeons treat extracranial cerebrovascular disease while
Neurosurgeons and interventional
neuroradiologists treat diseases of the vessels in the brain (e.g., intracranial aneurysms).
Vascular surgery is indicated when a patient has vascular disease that cannot be treated by less invasive, nonsurgical treatments. The purpose of vascular surgery is to treat vascular diseases, which are diseases of the arteries and veins. Arterial disease is a condition in which blood clots, arteriosclerosis, and other vascular conditions occur in the arteries. Venous disease involves problems that occur in the veins. Some vascular conditions occur only in arteries, others occur only in the veins, and some affect both veins and arteries.
