Vascular surgery is surgery to treat disorders and diseases of the vascular system. A vascular surgeon performs surgery on patients with diseases, disorders, or inflammation of the veins and arteries. These diseases of the blood vessels can include vasculitis, aneurysms, ischemia, thrombosis, varicose veins, and immune system abnormalities.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Vascular Problems, varicose veins, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Peripheral Arterial Disease, pulmonary embolism, retinopathy, Renal Artery Disease, Mesenteric ischemia, Venous disease, Stasis dermatitis, Carotid Artery Disease, cerebrovascular disease, Varicosities, Arteriosclerosis of the extremities, Carotid Endarterectomies, Chronic limb ischemia, Arterial and Femoral Endarterectomies, Acute limb ischemia, abdominal Aortic Aneurysms, and Arterial diseases.

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including vascular surgery, arterial surgery, venous surgery, and deep vein surgery.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), Echocardiogram, angiography, Photoplethysmography (PPG), Transcranial Doppler (TCD), Doppler Ultrasound, duplex scan, Doppler arterial exams, Noninvasive lab testing, Inferior vena cava scan, Vein mapping, Duplex ultrasound scan, Exercise testing for claudication, and Artery mapping.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Connecticut has 68 practicing vascular surgeons. Broken out by city, vascular surgery doctor density in Ansonia is 1, in Avon is 3, in Bloomfield is 5, in Branford is 3, in Bridgeport is 1, in Bristol is 1, in Cheshire is 1, in Danbury is 3, in Derby is 2, in East Hampton is 3, in Enfield is 1, in Essex is 1, in Fairfield is 4, in Farmington is 2, in Greenwich is 2, in Guilford is 1, in Hamden is 1, in Hartford is 11, in Madison is 1, in Manchester is 4, in Marlborough is 1, in Meriden is 1, in Middlebury is 3, in Middletown is 5, in Milford is 4, in Naugatuck is 1, in New Britain is 4, in New Haven is 9, in New London is 2, in New Milford is 1, in North Haven is 4, in Norwalk is 6, in Norwich is 2, in Old Lyme is 1, in Orange is 1, in Shelton is 4, in Somers is 1, in South Windsor is 2, in Southbury is 3, in Southington is 2, in Stamford is 5, in Trumbull is 6, in Vernon is 1, in Vernon Rockville is 1, in Waterbury is 6, in West Hartford is 1, in West Haven is 2, in Westbrook is 2, and in Westport is 1.

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