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The Vascular Center

The Vascular Center of Mercy Hospital provides innovative and comprehensive care to people with all types of vascular disease. At the Center, patients have access to specialists from vascular medicine and cardiology, vascular surgery and nursing.

What is vascular disease?

About 8 to 12 million Americans have some form of vascular disease. Vascular disease is a term for a range of conditions that affect your body’s vascular, or blood vessel, systems. The conditions have many different names, such as peripheral arterial disease (PAD), atherosclerosis, claudication or peripheral vascular disease (PVD).

You may have even heard vascular diseases referred to as “clogged pipes” or poor circulation. Such terms refer to the ways in which your arteries or veins may not be working as well as they once did. Leg pain that occurs with walking and eases after resting a few minutes is a classic symptom of vascular disease. Discomfort occurs because not enough oxygenated blood is being delivered to leg muscles. Changes in skin color can also be a symptom. Vascular disease occurs when blood flow is impaired in the arteries, veins or lymphatic blood vessels.

You may already know that plaque can affect circulation to your heart. In vascular disease, cholesterol and plaque (a fatty deposit) collect on the insides of the walls of blood vessels. While it occurs most often in the legs, it can also form in the arteries that bring blood to your brain and arms.

As the fatty build-up increases, blood flow is reduced. Without a constant supply of oxygen from the blood, tissue below the blockage can be permanently damaged, endangering the limb. Learn more...

Allina's vascular services — best in Minnesota

The Vascular Center of Mercy Hospital is part of Allina's Vascular Services, a network dedicated to the care of people with vascular disease. Mercy Hospital is proud to be recognized as one of the top providers of cardiovascular and lung care services in the nation. HealthGrades has ranked Mercy Hospital #1 in Minnesota and among the top 10% in the nation for overall Vascular Services. For more details, visit www.allina.com/vascular.

Physician Partners

• Gregg Anderson, MD
• Jong Kim, MD
• Brian Tell, MD
• Chantel Hile, MD
• Christopher Leville, MD
• William McMillan, MD

For more information

To speak to someone in the cardiac, vascular or respiratory programs at Mercy Hospital, please call 1-866-4HEART2
 

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