Blocked arteries – more commonly known as atherosclerosis or Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) – is the #1 cause of death in the United States. CAD affects more than 16 million Americans, and places them at increased risk of heart attack and stroke. How do arteries become...
Angina, or angina pectoris (Latin for squeezing of the chest) is a type of chest pain, discomfort, or tightness that occurs when an area of the heart muscle is receiving too little oxygen. Angina is not considered a disease in itself – more of a symptom of coronary...
In the articles on Phoenix vein treatment we provide on this website, we often use the terms “non-invasive” or “minimally-invasive” to describe the medical procedures used to treat vein disease and to distinguish them from...
Chances are that if you are reading this article, you are looking for a vein doctor. You might be doing this because your GP or family doctor noticed symptoms of vein disease and recommended that you see a specialist. Or, you may already have varicose veins, and have...
To explain how untreated vein disease progresses, we have to focus on one particular disease. So in this article, doctors from our Gilbert vein treatment center will talk only about the stages of varicose veins, which occur when the valves that keep blood flowing...
When patients first come to see our Phoenix vein specialists and schedule a venous health screening, they are sometimes hesitant when we tell them that we’re going to use ultrasound to look beneath the surface of the skin to look for signs of vein disease. To...
If you experience occasional swelling in your legs and ankles, you are far from alone. In most cases this is a temporary condition caused by an injury or sprain, but if the swelling persists and becomes chronic, Phoenix vein specialists want you to know that it could...
In our practice offering vein treatment in Phoenix, a question that comes up often is “Can arteries become varicose the way that veins do?” Well, the simple answer to this question is “No,” but like so many aspects of vascular medicine,...
One of the things that “makes our day” at Comprehensive Interventional Care Centers is when the patients we treat take the time to provide feedback and tell us how glad they are that they chose us to treat their varicose veins. Each patient has his or her...
