Give Your Body the Blood Flow It Needs

Vascular disease prevents your body from getting the blood flow it needs to work properly. With symptoms that can be hard to recognize, it's important to know your risks and get a screening for vascular disease if needed. Early and effective treatment is the best way to lower your chance of serious complications.

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With coordinated services that include vascular disease prevention, management, emergency care and vascular surgery – and with locations across the Toledo region – our team works hard to deliver world-class care, close to home.

You can count on the board-certified specialists at Jobst Vascular Institute for the most advanced technologies in vascular health. Bringing you today's most promising treatments, so you can get back to the life you love, is our pleasure.

Our vascular medicine specialists help care for your circulatory system outside of your heart. This includes your arteries, veins and lymphatic system:

Arteries: The blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body.
Veins: Blood vessels that carry blood from the body back into the heart.
Lymphatic system: A network of vessels throughout the body that drains lymph fluid from tissues to maintain fluid balance and to clear byproducts of inflammation.

Understanding Vascular Disease

Vascular disease describes a range of different diseases of your circulatory system, including conditions that affect your arteries, veins and lymph vessels and blood disorders that affect circulation.

Many forms of vascular disease are caused by atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), which happens when fat and cholesterol plaque build up and cause blockages in your arteries.

Some of the most common vascular diseases include:

Abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Carotid artery disease.
Deep vein thrombosis.
Peripheral artery disease.
Varicose and spider veins.

There are many different causes of the various types of vascular conditions and diseases. However, coronary artery disease (heart attack and chest pain), cerebrovascular disease (stroke), and peripheral arterial disease (loss of limb or use of limb) are some of the leading causes of illness and death in the United States.

Certain health conditions and lifestyle choices can raise your risk for vascular disease. Talk to your doctor about your chance of developing vascular disease if:

You have diabetes.
You have high blood pressure.
You have high cholesterol.
You smoke.
You're overweight.
You're inactive.
You have a family history of vascular disease.
You have high stress levels.

Lower Your Risk

With vascular disease, knowledge is power. If you understand your risks, you can improve your vascular health and lower your chances of having vascular problems.

Here are simple steps you can take to support your goal of better vascular health:

Eat smart: Choose foods rich in good fats and nutrients.
Know your history: Get familiar with your family's health history and share it with your doctor.
Limit your stress: Make time to do things that are calming and spend time with people who support you.
Stop smoking: Sign up for a smoking cessation program if you need extra support.

Diagnosing and Treating Vascular Disease

Your vascular specialist at Jobst Vascular Institute will use state-of-the-art diagnostic tests to pinpoint your condition quickly and accurately, so you can decide on the most effective treatment. These tests include:

Cardiac CT (computerized tomography scan).
Cardiac functioning tests.
Cardiac MRI (magnetic resonance imaging).
Coronary angiography.
CT angiography.
Echocardiogram.
Electrocardiogram.
MRA.
Segmental pressure and pulse volume recording.
Stress echocardiography.
Vascular ultrasound.

Our vascular providers specialize in vascular disease, medicines, treatment and surgery. Their team will work with you to decide on your best personal treatment plan, which may include procedures and support services such as:

Angioplasty, stents or atherectomy.
Anticoagulation treatments.
Artery repair.
Bypass grafts.
Dialysis.
Endarterectomy.
Medical management.
Open and minimally invasive repair of aneurysms in the body.
TAVR (transcathetar aortic valve replacement).
Varicose and spider vein treatments.
Wound care.

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