Vascular Care
King’s Daughters Vascular program is the most comprehensive in the region, offering a complete range of treatments – from helping make lifestyle and medication changes to minimally invasive endovascular and catheterization procedures, to complex surgeries.
Vascular disease affects the body’s circulatory system – the arteries and veins. Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood to the cells, tissues and organs of the body, and veins return oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart.
Vascular disease includes:
- atherosclerosis – hardening of the arteries and plaque buildup within the arterial walls
- aneurysms – weakening and bulging of the arterial walls
- venous insufficiency – abnormal blood flow through veins
- varicose veins – dilated, tortuous, elongated veins visible just below skin surface
or any combination of the above.
Vascular disease affects three main areas of the circulatory system:
- Peripheral vascular – the arms and legs
- Central vascular – the chest and abdomen
- Neurovascular – the head and neck