Varicose Veins, Women and Heart Disease

Varicose veins and spider veins are of particular concern for women, for both cosmetic and medical reasons.

In addition to traditional surgery when it is needed, board certified vascular surgeons on staff at Baptist use a number of outpatient procedures to treat varicose and spider veins. These include:

:: Sclerotherapy, in which a doctor injects spider veins with a solution using a very small needle, causing the veins to fade.
:: Endovenous laser techniques (EVLT), in which high energy is delivered to varicose veins. This permanently closes them off and significantly improves how the leg feels and looks.
:: Microsurgery, or ambulatory phlebectomy, in which tiny incisions are made close to the surface of the skin and varicose veins are removed. This procedure involves only local anesthesia, and you can return to normal activities within one or two days.

None of these procedures requires general anesthesia, and each session takes only about 30 minutes.

Women who are at risk for heart disease, as well as those who are already managing related conditions such as high blood pressure, have easy access to information and low cost screening programs at our new state-of-the-art Cardiovascular Center.

:: Go to Cardiovascular Services.
:: Listen to our podcast: "Lovely Legs: Treatments for Spider and Varicose Veins" (13:08)
:: Learn about physicians who treat varicose veins and spider veins (Baptist Cardiovascular Surgery)

:: Back to Baptist for Women home page