Vascular Associates Report New Technique in the Treatment of Limb-threatening Vascular Disease

Baton Rouge, LA - Vascular Associates physicians recently published in the June 2006 edition of the Endovascular Today their results of non-surgical treatment of limb-threatening vascular disease in patients medically unfit for traditional bypass surgery (http://www.endovasculartoday.com/PDFarticles/0606/EVT0606_03.pdf.)  Using a novel technique of subintimal angioplasty and stenting, the physicians report success of preserving diseased limbs in greater than 80% of cases.  Lead author Dr. Albert D. Sam II notes that, “This technique is and will continue to be a valuable tool in the armamentarium of the contemporary vascular the specialist.  As our population ages and develop more medical problems, it becomes imperative that we continue to find new and less-invasive ways to treat vascular problems typically treated with conventional surgery.”

About Vascular Associates, PMC

Vascular Associates is the largest single specialty vascular and endovascular surgical practice in the gulf coast region with headquarters in Baton Rouge, LA. Its subsidiaries include Vascular Associates’ Laboratory (VAL) and Total Vein Care of Louisiana TM (TVC). VAL serves as the largest vascular laboratory in the state and serves the entire Gulf Coast region performing more than 12,000 non-invasive studies yearly. TVC is the leading freestanding gulf coast clinic dedicated to the complete medical, surgical and cosmetic care of problematic veins performing more minimally invasive, endoluminal vein ablations than any center in the Southeastern United States.

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Vascular Associates
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