First things first: The What We have all experienced being stuck in a traffic jam at some point in our lives. That jam is usually caused by a problem causing blockade on the road. The blockade results in the choking of traffic on the route. In our body, our blood is like the many drivers that travel each day and the vessels or the tubes are the roads that are spread across the body. Veins are the roads that bring the weary
This is a 75 year old female with a history of significant left arm swelling of a chronic nature, with heaviness, tiredness, swelling, tingling of the left arm that developed after a port placement via the left subclavian approach for her breast cancer chemotherapy. The porta-cath was removed post-treatment. Following this, she developed significant swelling of the left arm with symptoms as mentioned. On physical exam. there was 5 cm circumferential differential between the left and the right arm, with left arm
This is a patient with a history of critical limb ischemia. She had no significant out flow. She had large vascular ulcers. She had limb pain of significant nature. After recanalization and stenting, her pain finished significantly. She was then treated with sessions of hyperbaric and was managed by our wound care team and now on her way to recovery.
Patient being treated by our Wound and Vascular team Healing Progress
TCTMD Critical limb ischemia — evidenced by ischemic rest pain, a non healing wound/ulcer, or gangrene for more than 2 weeks with signs of poor blood flow — remains under-recognized by clinicians and patients, but a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association addresses this lack of awareness, as well as the uncertainty over the best means of patient management. READ MORE
Milwaukee, Wisc., July 18, 2019: AZH Centers announces that Dr. Awais Siddique, Interventional Radiologist at AZH Vascular has been chosen as 1 of 17 Peripheral Interventionalists in the nation for the STAND study (A Clinical Evaluation of the MicroSTent PeripherAl Vascular SteNt in subjects with Arterial Disease Below the Knee). The STAND study is a randomized, multicenter pivotal clinical study of the MicroStent device. STAND research is an important step toward FDA approval of MicroStent and will include approximately 200 patients
The Franklin Institute, a science museum in Philadelphia, reports that the average adult body contains approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels. Pelvic Congestion Syndrome (PCS) is also known as Pelvic Vein Incompetence (PVI) which manifest as pooling or accumulation of blood in the veins surrounding the pelvis. This chronic medical condition in women is traced to genetics and varicose veins in the lower abdomen. Chronic pain and a constant dull ache aggravated by standing are also associated with this disease. Awais H.
AZH was featured on WISN 1130’s Senor Talk Podcast! Click play on the video to the right to hear Dr. Jeffrey Niezgoda and Jessica Sadowski discuss AZH. Senior Talk is an informative radio program that educates seniors and those that love them on services available to help the aging population live a happier, safer and more comfortable life. httpss://youtu.be/j22gu8rlrF8