Office-Based Lab
- OBL management utilizes fluoroscopy for diagnoses and treatment of vascular diseases.
- These catheter-based techniques encompasses treatment of upper and lower extremity vascular disease.
- Treatment modalities include angioplasty, advanced stent platforms, atherectomy tools to debulk atherosclerotic plaques and intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS).
- OBL is a convenient, efficient alternative delivering one-on-one specialized patient care with minimal post-surgical complications. Thus promoting a calming, compassionate environment facilitating faster recovery and improving quality of life.
- Coastal Vascular Institute is proud to offer vascular imaging and treatment options on site for patients with arterial and venous diseases.
- For over ten years, and over 4000 cases, the providers have been performing minimally invasive procedures for patients in southeastern North Carolina.
- Our team includes fellowship trained vascular surgeons, experienced Physician Assistants, and nurses with in-depth training in the management of vascular patients.
- Our goal is to provide you, the patient, with the highest level of vascular care of diseases of arteries and veins without compromising your safety or security.
- In a familiar setting, patients are prepared, treated, recovered, and discharged the same day without needing hospital admission.
- All state-of-the-art options are available to include angioplasty, stenting, atherectomy, drug elution balloons and stents, intra-vascular ultrasound and alternative X Ray contrast imaging agents.
- Coastal Vascular Institute is also involved in research clinical trials utilizing emerging technologies and techniques and can offer these when appropriate to meet a patient’s clinical needs.
- Treatments can be offered for management for peripheral artery disease in those patients with significant walking limitations or chronic wounds, arterial diseases of the aorta, kidneys, intestines, carotid arteries, and upper extremities.
- Patients with diseases of the veins can also receive treatment utilizing similar techniques.
- Tailored treatment plans are constructed to meet each patient’s clinical needs and to strive for the best outcome with a fast recovery and improved quality of life.