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What you need to know about Carotid Artery Disease
What is carotid artery disease? Your carotid arteries are two main arteries that carry blood from your heart, up through your neck, to your brain. Healthy carotid arteries are smooth and unobstructed, allowing blood [...]
What is the process of being diagnosed with PAD?
Peripheral Arterial Disease – Diagnosis At La Jolla Vein & Vascular, we have highly trained physicians who offer a comprehensive diagnosis to develop customized treatments of Peripheral artery disease (PAD). We understand that no [...]
What is PAD (Peripheral Arterial Disease)?
What is Peripheral Arterial Disease? Peripheral Arterial Disease is a disease we see and treat at La Jolla Vein and Vascular. You probably are familiar with the terms angina and heart attack, which are [...]
The connection between cholesterol and vascular health
How cholesterol affects your vascular health When it comes to vascular disease, cholesterol is enemy number one. Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance found in the walls of human cells. The human body produces cholesterol [...]
What is Asclera?
What is polidocanol (Asclera)? A variety of sclerosant medications can be used for veins, but at La Jolla Vein Care, we prefer polidocanol (brand name Asclera), because it is the most comfortable for the patient [...]
Vein health & non healing wounds and ulcers
Non-Healing Ulcers & Wounds We might all be familiar with non healing ulcers & wounds in a general manner, but certain types of ulcers behave quite differently due to various contributing factors. These are non [...]
