Vascular Care & Treatment

While your heart pumps blood, your vascular system – the network of blood vessels throughout your body – must be healthy to keep your blood circulating efficiently. Many vascular diseases and conditions can impact that circulation, having a negative effect on your health.

Our vascular care team is dedicated to your vascular health – from diagnosis to treatment to follow-up care. This comprehensive approach means you have complete vascular care near where you live in Henderson, Buncombe, Polk, Transylvania, and Rutherford counties.

Quality Vascular Care

The prospect of having vascular surgery can be a frightening experience. We walk with you every step of the way, from diagnosis to treatment to follow-up care. Vascular surgery is unique among the surgical specialties because your vascular surgery team may continue to follow up with you for the rest of your life.

Diagnosing Vascular Diseases and Conditions

We use the latest technology to diagnose diseases and conditions of the vascular system. Using the following non-invasive tests, our vascular specialists determine the best treatment for problems with veins, arteries and blood flow:

Angiogram, or arteriogram
Echocardiogram, or ECHO
MRI and MRA
CT scan
Carotid ultrasound
Venous ultrasound
Abdominal doppler study
Arterial blood flow testing

Conditions We Treat

Vascular Surgery at Pardee diagnoses and treats the whole spectrum of vascular conditions. These conditions can be life-threatening and require immediate care or they can be chronic, or ongoing, and progressive, growing more severe over time. The following are common conditions we treat regularly, and our experience means better outcomes for you:

Aortic aneurysm
Atherosclerosis
Carotid artery disease
Cerebral vascular disease (CVD)
Deep vein thrombosis (DVTs)
Lower extremity arterial disease
Peripheral arterial disease
Varicose veins
Venous stasis disease
Venous reflux disease

Advanced Vascular Surgery and Vein Clinic

The vascular surgeons at UNC Health Pardee treat problems specifically related to blood vessels within the body. Our experienced vascular specialists and surgeons offer advanced treatment for life-threatening conditions including blood clots, deep vein thrombosis, atherosclerosis, and coronary artery disease. We also provide relief from common vein conditions, including varicose veins and spider veins. We offer our patients an array of treatment options such as: