Vascular Surgery

Conditions we treat

Our focus is to keep blood vessels healthy and blood circulating. We also work with other WVU Heart and Vascular Institute Centers of Excellence to diagnose and treat a full range of cardiovascular and other conditions. Conditions we treat include:

• • Aortoiliac occlusive disease: This is a blocked aorta – your body’s main blood vessel ­– or blockage in the iliac arteries, which supply blood to your legs and pelvic organs.
  • Abdominal aortic and other aneurysm: This and other types of aneurysm involve a bulging, weak spot in any blood vessel of your body, which could rupture.
  • Traumatic injuries: Automotive accidents, severe burns, military wounds, frostbite, or other traumas can cause vascular infection, injuries and limb loss.
  • Atherosclerosis. This disease involves plaque buildup that restricts or blocks blood flow in your arteries.
  • Carotid (brain) arterial disease. This condition narrows blood vessels that carry blood and oxygen to your brain. We work with other WVU Heart and Vascular Institute Centers of Excellence to treat this, as well as coronary (heart) arterial disease.
  • Carotid stenting
  • Carotid endarterectomy
  • Endovascular aorta treatment – Thoracic (TEVAR)
  • Endovascular aorta treatment – Abdominal (EVAR)
  • Fenestrated endovascular repair of Juxtarenal Aneurysms (F-EVAR)
  • Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – Limb Salvage
  • Peripheral arterial disease (PAD): This condition is a slow, progressive circulation disorder that affects your legs and feet.
  • Pulmonary (lung) embolism (PE): A blood clot that develops in a blood vessel in the leg or other part of your body can travel to a lung artery and abruptly block blood flow.
  • Renovascular hypertension: High blood pressure can be caused by narrowing of the arteries that carry blood to the kidneys.
  • Traumatic vascular injury
  • Trans Carotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR)
  • Varicose veins: Enlarged, twisted veins can develop throughout your body and often in your legs. They can become heavy and painful.
  • Wounds: An open sore, incision or wound that won’t heal can be a severe health risk, leading to life-threatening infection. Wounds can involve ulcers, pressure sores, injuries, trauma, vascular disease, diabetes, circulation problems, burns, or other causes.
  • Deep vein thrombosis: This is a blood clot that blocks a vein.

Treatments and Services

We offer a full range of preventive, medical, and surgical solutions for vascular and related conditions. Our vascular experts provide timely diagnosis and treatment, and inpatient and outpatient care. Services range from evaluation to medical and surgical therapies, and rehabilitation. Treatment is determined by evidence-based, best therapy guidelines tailored to your needs. Care may include basic or advanced, minimally invasive endovascular therapies, including:

• • Arterial plaque removal
  • Balloon angioplasty – a procedure that widens blood vessels with a balloon-tipped catheter ­
  • Dialysis Access and Renal (Kidney) Care. This may include fistula, graft, or catheter placement; HeRO (hemodialysis reliable outflow) device placement; and percutaneous fistula and graft repair.
  • Stenting – insertion of narrow tubes that provide structural blood-vessel support
  • Atherectomy ­– surgeons trim blockages within an artery using a tiny device attached to a slim, tube-like catheter
  • Trans-tibial (below the knee) and pedal (foot and arch circulation) interventions

Our vascular surgeons also perform open bypass vascular procedures when indicated. This procedure uses a graft to redirect blood flow. We also treat people with kidney disease, including creating and maintaining blood vessel access for dialysis.

The future of exceptional care right now. Our state-of-the-art surgical and care facility.

Many complex vascular surgeries are now minimally invasive. These less invasive procedures spare surrounding tissue. That helps you feel better and get well sooner. Most procedures are done at our main campus located in Morgantown.

At our main campus, our vascular surgeons and other specialists offer highly skilled and collaborative care in the innovative, 10-story Heart and Vascular Institute tower. Here, you and your family can get more done in one visit, from tests and imaging to seeing other care providers. 

The uniquely designed Heart and Vascular Institute tower integrates cardiovascular and related specialties with high-level technology, teamwork and care. Our facilities include sophisticated procedure rooms, 10 operating rooms, clinics, offices and patient rooms – from ICU to step-down units and other levels of medical-surgical care ­– in one location.

Our teams operate in elegantly engineered hybrid surgical suites – the future of exceptional care. These environments enable a team of surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists and technicians to work seamlessly together. Advanced imaging and other equipment allow us to perform a full range of procedures – from endovascular to open surgery – in one room.