Peripheral Vascular Intervention
More than 12 million people in the United States suffer from vascular disease. The most common cause of peripheral artery disease is atherosclerosis, or buildup of plaque in the arterial walls. Many of these cases are complicated by cardiac disease, hypertension, diabetes, lipid disorders or kidney disease. Recent data suggests that peripheral vascular disease continues to be a prevalent yet under-diagnosed and under-treated condition.
The Peripheral Vascular Disease program at St. Paul Heart Clinic is designed to collaborate with primary care providers and podiatrists to increase awareness/detection, to optimize clinical outcomes, as well as, patient satisfaction. Peripheral vascular disease shares the same risk factors as coronary artery disease and the diseases often occur together. Our patients are now benefiting from the latest endovascular technologies. These procedures have had tremendous success returning blood flow to the lower extremities for limb salvage and non-healing wound patients.
Peripheral arterial angioplasty is performed after angiography has documented that percutaneous intervention is appropriate and technically possible. In general, peripheral vascular interventions involve reestablishment of improved blood flow at the site of blocked arteries most commonly in the leg or leading to the kidneys by balloon inflation, placement of a stent or atherectomy procedure.
At St. Paul Heart Clinic, peripheral vascular interventions are performed by the cardiologists from the Peripheral Vascular Disease program including:
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