Can Your Workouts Lead to Varicose Veins? Although exercises, like running, biking, hiking, and soccer rely more heavily on the legs than other workouts, they do not cause varicose veins. If they did, every athlete would, at some point, develop them. But they don’t. However, that’s not to say that […]
Varicose Veins: Pain, Swelling & Managing Your Symptoms As we age, our veins can lose elasticity and stretch, which can cause the valves within our veins to become weak and allow blood, which should be moving toward our heart, to pool in our veins. When this happens, our veins become […]
What to Expect After Varicose Vein Treatment At Vascular & Interventional Specialists of Prescott, we understand that you want to know what to expect after varicose vein treatment. And while we can’t tell you exactly what your experience will be, our general guide to recovery can help you mentally prepare […]
Keeping Your Legs Healthy & Attractive Chronic venous insufficiency is a condition that causes decreased blood flow from the leg veins to the heart. The decreased blood flow causes the blood to pool in the leg veins, which can lead to varicose veins. Special valves in the blood vessels of […]
Vertebroplasty: One Patient’s Story of How it Changed His Life Are you suffering from agonizing pain that is interfering with your quality of life? Read one man’s story of how he went from bed-ridden to enjoying life again with this pain-relieving procedure. Meet Norman Walsh Norman, a local resident of […]
The Catheterization Laboratory: Minimally Invasive Procedures Happen Here The location where an Interventional Radiologist performs image-guided, minimally invasive procedures is a room in the Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) or the Angiography Suite. This state-of-the-art environment is like an operating room with diagnostic imaging equipment that assists the Interventional Radiologist during […]
Defining Interventional Radiology: Meet Your Local IR Doctors “I was having leg pain whenever I walked. My primary care physician referred me to a local interventional radiologist, who she said could help me with this problem.” ~Caroline R. Interventional radiologists tend to fly below the healthcare radar, but they serve […]
Aortic Stent Graft: A Minimally Invasive Procedure for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm “After Dr. Dicker showed me the before and after pictures, I was shocked. I probably wouldn’t have made it through the year.” –Mark Fillmore, Prescott Valley An aortic aneurysm is a weakened area in the body’s largest artery, the […]
Interventional Radiologists: Pioneers of Minimally-Invasive Treatments for Peripheral Vascular Disease Homer Stevens could not walk far because his legs would tire out quickly and his toe was black, swollen and very painful. His quality of life suffered. His podiatrist suggested that he might have a circulation problem and recommended he […]
Chemoembolization: A Minimally Invasive Approach to Treating Cancer As vascular specialists, interventional radiologists target specific illnesses and diseases by using image guidance and small devices, which they guide through blood vessels to reach a part of the body that requires treatment. One such treatment is chemoembolization, a minimally invasive procedure […]