Interdisciplinary Departments
Cardiology, Radiology, Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Medicine

Cardiology:
Inga Robbins, MD

Radiology:
Howard Naidech, MD

Vascular Surgery:
Gabor A. Winkler, MD, Director

Endovascular Medicine
Manu Rajachandran, MD, Chair

Comprehensive Vascular Program – Our Process of Care
Patients referred for a vascular condition will be evaluated by Physicians specializing in vascular care. The patient’s risk factors will be assessed and/or the stage of disease progression will be determined.

Many patients can manage their disease with medication or diet and exercise programs. Some can be treated with interventional catheterization procedures. Numerous surgical options are available for patients who are not candidates for medical or interventional treatments. At times combined open/endovascular procedures can be offered to patients to minimize recovery time following the procedure.

Deborah’s Comprehensive Vascular Program offers the confidence that a team of the region’s best specialists are working together to determine the most appropriate options for all patients.

New Era of Total Vascular Care
By combining the talents and expertise of cardiologists, radiologists and vascular surgeons in a cooperative and cohesive fashion, the quality of vascular care provided to Deborah patients and the ability to identify patients at high cardiac risk early in the course of the disease will improve.

Prevention of atherosclerosis, lipid management, hypertension control, and modification of behavioral risk factors such as smoking, can be effectively managed simultaneously with diagnosis and treatment of the presenting problem.

This concept of care will result in better clinical outcomes not only for patients with vascular disease, but also for patients with heart disease. This new era of total vascular care will positively impact both lifestyle and health.

Manu Rajachandran, MD, Chair

This 56yr old man was confined to a wheelchair due to severe rest pain in both legs. Initial angiography (left panel) showed complete occlusion of both iliac arteries that supplied his legs with blood (red arrows). After staged iliac artery angioplasty and stent deployment to reconstruct his blocked iliac arteries, (right panel, red arrows) he is now able to walk 2-3 blocks without leg pain.

This 70yr old woman experienced severe pain of the left leg when ambulating from her bedroom to her bathroom, a distance of 20 feet. Initial angiography (left panel) shows a complete occlusion of the left iliac artery (red arrows). Left iliac artery angioplasty and stent deployment (right panel, red arrows) was successful in restoring blood flow to the left leg. She is now able to walk 2 miles at the Atlantic City Boardwalk.