Your vascular health affects the length and quality of your life.
Vascular Health is a patient portal for access to information, tools and resources about vascular diseases' prevention and management, including among others aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease and stroke, peripheral arterial disease and varicose veins.
Here you will find a wealth of information to help you understand your vascular health and prevent vascular disease.
Use our online tools to understand your risks and your treatment options (medical, surgical or endovascular).
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An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA, so called triple-A) is a localized bulging, result of an aortic wall weakness. The aorta is the main blood vessel (~2cm diameter) that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
Peripheral Artery Disease (or Peripheral Vascular Disease or Peripheral Occlusive Disease) is the narrowing or blockage (stenosis) of the arteries of the leg, most commonly caused by atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
Chronic kidney disease happens when your kidneys no longer filter your blood the way they should, so wastes and extra fluids accumulate in your body.
The two main causes of chronic kidney disease are diabetes and high blood pressure, which are responsible for up to two-thirds of the cases.
Dr. Efthymios (Makis) Avgerinos is a Vascular Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in USA.
Efthymios D. Avgerinos, MD, PhD, FEBVS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center Pennsylvania, USA
E-mail: info@vascularhealth.gr
