Peripheral Vascular Laboratory
Specialists in the peripheral vascular laboratory perform non-invasive procedures to diagnose a variety of arterial and venous diseases. A partial listing of these diagnostic procedures includes:
- Carotid artery evaluation including duplex imaging
- Arterial evaluation with or without exercise testing
- Testing for deep venous thrombosis including direct venous duplex imaging
- Evaluation of chronic venous insufficiency
- Transcutaneous oxygen measurements--arterial ischemia
- Arterial duplex evaluation for assessment of graft patency post arterial bypass, renal, mesenteric and upper extremeity arterial lesions, and to rule out arterial and venous injury
Research
Carotid, peripheral arterial and venous studies are performed for pre-cardiac transplant evaluation. The laboratory has functioned as the local office for the NIH-sponsored Asymptomatic Carotid Artherosclerosis Study (ACAS). Currently, the lab supports a variety of arterial and venous clinical projects. These studies include:
- Ultrasound guided thrombin injection of femoral pseudoaneurysm
- Effective radiotherapy on carotid artery atherosclerosis in head and neck tumor patients
- Evaluation of carotid patches
- Evaluation of anticoagulants and arterial grafts
- Evaluation of temporal arteritis
Emergency consultations are available through the surgery resident on call.
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For an appointment or for more information about Peripheral Vascular Laboratory, call (888) LUHS-888.