At The Vascular Institute of Birmingham, our vascular surgeons offer a wide array of services. Please view the list below and click on the service that you would like to view more information about. If you would like to book an appointment pertaining to a service listed below please click here.
Peripheral Artery Disease is a sign of fatty deposits and calcium building up in the walls of the arteries (atherosclerosis). Risk factors include aging, diabetes, and smoking.
Peripheral vascular disease, also called PVD, refers to any disease or disorder of the circulatory system outside of the brain and heart. Risk factors include diabetes and being over the age of 60.
Claudication is pain caused by too little blood flow, usually during exercise. Smoking, high cholesterol, and a family history of peripheral artery disease are all risk factors.
Carotid stenosis is a narrowing of the carotid arteries, the two major arteries that carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the brain. Risk factors include but are not limited to diabetes and obesisty.
An aneurysm occurs when part of an artery’s wall weakens. This allows the artery to balloon out or widen abnormally. Risk factors include a diet in high fats and cholesterol. View the full list of risk factors by clicking the learn more button.
Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) is a rare vascular disease that affects the legs of some young athletes. This is often seen in male athletes who are under the age of 30.
Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a condition that occurs when the venous wall and/or valves in the leg veins are not working effectively, making it difficult for blood to return to the heart from the legs.
This condition is diagnosed by bluish or purplish damaged veins that appear enlarged and knotted under the skin, which usually occurs with the leg veins.
Spider veins are smaller, thread-like veins that occur near the surface of the skin and often appear on the legs or face. They can appear as red, purplish, or blue veins and often look like tree branches or spider webs with jagged edges that grow outward.
Phlebitis means inflammation of a vein. Thrombophlebitis is due to one or more blood clots in a vein that cause inflammation. Thrombophlebitis usually occurs in leg veins, but it may occur in an arm.
There are 4 different types of dialysis access placements that we do at The Vascular Institute of Birmingham. Central Venous Catheter, Arteriovenous Fistula, Arteriovenous Graft, and Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter are all administered by our physicians. Read about each type of placement by clicking the learn more button.
A vascular access procedure involves placing a thin hollow plastic tube, or catheter, into a vein to permit drawing blood tests, and giving medications, fluids and nutrition, or transfusions directly into the bloodstream, over a period of weeks, months or even years.
An Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter is a small device that can stop blood clots from going up into the lungs. The inferior vena cava is a large vein in the middle of your body.
