Washington Heart and Vascular Institute's Center for Vascular Care is a highly specialized coordinated center for care for patients with vascular disease. Building on Washington Hospital Center's reputation for excellence in cardiovascular care, the Center for Vascular Care is the region's first and only integrated, multi-specialty center for comprehensive evaluation, precise diagnosis, and effective treatment of peripheral vascular diseases and disorders.

Advanced Technologies and Facilities

The Center for Vascular Care has state-of-the-art technology in the area of diagnosis and treatment. Team members also have access to all the resources available at Washington Hospital Center, including updated operating rooms, extensive intensive care facilities, one of the nation's leading cardiac catheterization labs, an armamentarium of diagnostic technologies, and comprehensive patient care resources.

Advanced Diagnostics

The Center for Vascular Care offers comprehensive evaluation and procedures, which include:

• Duplex Scan ultrasound exams of the peripheral arteries and veins, the cerebrovascular system, and the renal vascular system
• Follow-up and surveillance of surgical bypass grafts to detect potential stenosis
• Dialysis graft surveillance studies 
• Novel therapies to treat arterial injuries

Sophisticated Treatments

The Center for Vascular Care offers the most sophisticated treatments available anywhere, which include:

• Medical management, using the newest agents and clot-dissolving medications
• Endovascular procedures for legs, kidneys, carotid arteries, and aortic diseases including balloons, stents, stent-grafts, laser, and brachytherapy 
• Angiogenesis
• Bypass graft surgery
  

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