vascular surgeon
Artery and vein doctor
A vascular surgeon is a physician who specializes in treating diseases of the blood vessels—arteries, veins, and lymphatic vessels—outside the heart and brain.
They perform procedures ranging from minimally invasive catheter work to open surgery for conditions like aneurysms, blocked arteries, and varicose veins: The vascular surgeon repaired the damaged artery in her leg.
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
- thrombectomySurgical removal of blood clot
- atherosclerosisArterial plaque accumulation disease
- blood clotCoagulated mass in vessels
- veinsBlood-return tubes
blood flow · scalpel · angioplasty · forceps · carotid artery · femoral artery · varicose veins · claudication · leg pain · capillaries · aneurysms · sutures · stenting · cardiology · catheters · aorta · vena cava · grafting
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- vein specialists
- blood vesselsarteries, artery, vein, veins, capillaries
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Physician treating cardiovascular conditions
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