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Accurately identifying and managing patients with vascular disease involves integrating the patient’s history and cardiovascular risk factors with clinical information obtained from the physical exam, noninvasive studies, and diagnostic imaging. Carotid artery disease is usually detected as asymptomatic carotid stenosis; however, some patients initially present with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke. Similarly, patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) can be asymptomatic or they may seek medical care for claudication, rest pain, or trophic changes. Aneurysms, specifically abdominal aortic aneurysms, rarely cause symptoms and are discovered as an incidental finding on physical exam or imaging studies in over 50 % of patients. Meanwhile patients with venous disease can have symptoms ranging from cosmetic concerns to painful varicose veins, leg edema, and skin ulcers in severe cases.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, 3110 MacCorkle Ave., SE, Charleston, WV, 25304, USA

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  1. Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Services, and Lead Physician, Vascular Surgery Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Network Upstate New York at Syracuse, Syracuse, New York, USA

    Vivian Gahtan

  2. Director of Endovascular Services, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Services, and Vascular Surgeon, Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Network Upstate New York at Syracuse, Syracuse, New York, USA

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AbuRahma, A.F., Stone, P.A. (2015). Diagnosis and Imaging. In: Gahtan, V., Costanza, M. (eds) Essentials of Vascular Surgery for the General Surgeon. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1326-8_1

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