Vascular Medicine is a specialized service within the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute and is staffed by board-certified vascular medicine specialist, Dr. Olusegun Osinbowale. Vascular Medicine provides comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis of arterial, venous, and lymphatic conditions. Also, offering a full range of diagnostic testing including ultrasound, CT and MRI scanning.
Vascular Medicine also specializes in patients with hypercoaguable states, embolic disease, non-healing extremity ulcers, and varicose vein treatments including sclerotherapy, ultrasound guided sclerotherapy and endovenous catheter ablation.
The Vascular Medicine program specializes in the diagnosis and management of the following diseases and conditions:
- Anticoagulation management
- Aortic aneurysms
- Blue toe syndrome
- Bruits
- Carotid stenosis
- Claudication
- Difficult-to-control hypertension
- Embolic events
- Foot ulcers
- Gangrene
- Hand ulcers
- Hypercoagulable states
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Leg swelling
- Leg throbbing and aching
- Leg ulcers
- Lymphedema
- Post-phlebitic syndrome
- Renal artery stenosis
- Rest pain in legs
- Spider veins
- Subclavian steal syndrome
- Superficial thrombophlebitis
- Upper and lower extremity arterial insufficiency
- Vasculitis
- Venous insufficiency
- Venous thromboembolism including deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
- Varicose vein treatments including sclerotherapy, ultrasound guided sclerotherapy and endovenous catheter based procedures
