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Vascular Surgery
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United States: Washington
Languages spoken
English
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A 55-year-old male asked:
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Vascular Surgery 29 years experience
No... : Varicose veins cause leg swelling, pain, but not impotence per se.
A varicocele, however, involves the testicular venous supply known as the pamp... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Autosomal Dom.: Many genes code for this anomaly of sarcomere proteins: chr 14 in the beta-myosin heavy chain; protein c cardiac myosin. This error creates some degr... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: Radiating pain to l arm and jaw (mandible) is referred pain from t1-3 spinal nerve roots; these same nerve roots innervate the heart. Not all chest p... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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Yes : Giant cell or temporal arteritis causes pain along the temple and can eventually lead to blindness, all the while leaving the skin itself appearing no... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Possible infection: Was dermabond applied to any/all incisions? If so, you could have a dermatitis reaction to it, though an allergy is uncommon. Otherwise, yes, you ma... Read More
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A member asked:
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GB: Diabetics get severe gallbladder disease, so loss of glycemic control (sugars high/low), then r uq abdominal sonogram and/or hida scan would be worthw... Read More
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Arrhythmia: Altered heart rhythm can cause lightheadedness and dysequilibrium... Your upcoming test will assess heart rate and rhythm...
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Low acidic: Bananas, kiwi, apples, .
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A 59-year-old male asked:
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Lymphoedema: Make sure a venous reflux study precedes any sclerotherapy. If you have either superficial or deep venous reflux, sclerotherapy results will only be ... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Epididymitis: Signs/sxs appear to be epididymitis of the testis, or orchitis. You need a scrotal ultrasound and possibly antibiotics. An incarcerated inguinal her... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Anomaly: All vessels can take unusual shapes, twists and turns; an aneurysm specifically is any vessel that is 2 x its normal diameter... Ectasia and tortuosit... Read More
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A 61-year-old female asked:
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CEA or nothing: Carotid stents are relatively contraindicated in > 80 yrs old; CEA (endarterectomy) is high risk but safe in competent hands. The risk of heart a... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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< 1 cm, yes: The size matters-- < 1 cm and ct may miss it. Ct w/ 3d reconstruction is markedly improved imaging technique, but this specific test needs to be r... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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High fiber diet: Chronic constipation has many causes: hormonal, previous surgery, diet, neural input... Exercise and diet may militate against constipation. Avoid m... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Weeks to months: Depending on extent of embolization, clinical results may lag for several weeks to months... Repeat scrotal u/s will provide more information but wait... Read More
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Vague question: You need t know the gradient across the stenosis. High gradients require valve replacement, as the left ventricle will begin to enlarge (hypertrophy)... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Any age: Most cerebral aneurysms are acquired from poorly controlled HTN (hypertension), but some are congenital... Think of errors in collagen metabolism, for... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Ultrasound, not echo: Aortic ultrasound or sonogram is commonly used to diagnose aaa, abdominal aortic aneurysm. Echo is specifically used to assess the heart: valves, cha... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Carotid v. Mitral : The carotid disease if stenosed (>80%) warrants surgical consideration as risk of stroke is increased. The mr, if miderate to severe, poses a risk ... Read More
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Neuralgia ?: Femoral artery pain may be mistaken for femoral neuralgia. But if you've undergone an angiogram, the femoral artery may be dissected or have develope... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Congenital anomalies: Vascular anomalies, coupled with bad habits like tobacco use or latent diseases as hyperlipidemia or hypercoagulable states such as factor v leiden de... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Vascular Surgery 29 years experience
No: Varicose veins along the temple augur no intracranial disease disease such as aneurysms; it's most genetic and may develop due to superficial trauma.
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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No, but...: An ASD (v. Vsd) is much less associated w/ pulm HTN (> 50 mmhg). The degree of "shunting" through the defect needs to quantified via cardiac cathe... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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CN 7, 9, 10: The sensory innervation of the pinna (or ear) is complex: cranial nerves 7, 9, 10 play a part. Given your otherwise neurological "intactness" except ... Read More
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A 46-year-old male asked:
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No: The exact "cause" of alzheimer's dementia is unknown. Excess beta-amyloid protein and excess aluminum in, say, dialysate solution (for those on dialy... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Unlikely: Neurogenic bladder poses one to chronic uti. The angle of the urethra also plays a role. Pyridium (phenazopyridine) may be necessary to preclude fur... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Parallel systems: Diseased arteries cause PVD (peripheral vasc ds.), venous disease causes leg edema, venous discoloration and non-painful ulcers; ulcers from PVD are p... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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No, but...: Pneumoperitoneum is air in the abdomen, usu. From perforated ulcer or diverticulitis. Yet blowing into the vagina can too, so no harm but she may unde... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Absolutely: The definition of pneumonia: leukocytosis (elevated white blood cell count), fever (> 101), sputum culture + and an infiltrate on cxr (pa/lateral). A... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Low or unrelated: Cyanocobalamin or vitamin B12 is important for normal erythrocyte formation (red blood cell). If b 12 is deficient, one gets pernicious anemia and th... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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No: This anemia is not from blood loss, rather it is due to B12 or folate (folic acid) deficiency. Long term (decades) complications of pa include both g... Read More
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Echo...: Echocardiogram annually... When > 5 cm or aortic valve regurgitation is severe, then a bentall procedure is the classic repair. Speak with a cardiolo... Read More
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Low fat diet: When the ovaries no longer synthesize oestrogen, the peripheral lipocyte or fat cell creates e1---> e3. This "peripheral conversion" is a target for ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Primarily breast ca: Fda approved for breast cancers that are er+. Off-label uses of Letrozole (trade name: femara) include ovarian stimulation (but can increase risks o... Read More
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No...: The class effect of imidazoles (miconazole) is interference of Coumadin (warfarin) metabolism, thus increasing the protime/inr--the measure of systemi... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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No, but...: Hyper-estrogenic states make one hyper coagulable. So, hrt such as prempro (conjugated estrogens and medroxyprogesterone) increases the tendency to c... Read More
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The worst headache..: A bleed in the brain, aka subarachnoid hemorrhage (sah), if it's not initially lethal is usually characterized as "the worst headache of one's life." ... Read More
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No: The first three moieties are part of the urea cycle, which metabolizes ammonia to urea in both the liver and kidney. Safflower, used in chinese medic... Read More
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4 things: Tobacco, diabetes, hypertension & hyperlipidemia... Are the primary causative factors... Genetics is a distant secondary cause...
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Typically chest pain: Angina pectoris (chest pain behind the sternum) is classic, but pain that radiates to left arm & neck/mandible can also occur. Dyspnea or extreme sho... Read More
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Blocked where?: Vascular disease per se causes ischemia, low-flow to whatever its perfusing. If you have hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes and smoke, these all ... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Venous disease: Sxs most likely unrelated to bunions. More likely, you may be manifesting sxs of venous valvular incompetence or venous "reflux." do you ever experi... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Not really: Carotid disease cause stroke, only fmd (fibromuscular dysplasia) causes muscular spasms but they are typically asymptomatic...
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No: Hepatic hemangiomas may grow under the influence if Estrogens but typically remain stable or involute... Bodily trauma can potentially cause rupture ,... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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Ca+ Ch blockade: Raynaud's syndrome/phenomenon are vasospastic disorders, the Sxs of which can be mitigated w/ calcium channel antagonists, like Procardia (nifedipine)... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Not completely: A dynamic examination (with the pt pushing, valsalva or kagel maneuvers) is required. Urinary incontinence DX requires urodynamic study of bladder co... Read More
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Viral illness: Your signs & sxs suggest either an autoimmune process or viral inoculation. Automimmune disease promote "clotting" such as lupus. But the "lumps" co... Read More
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ERCP/sphincterotomy: Seek GI md for ercp--it's a endoscopic procedure. Either retained stones or ampullary stenosis. The latter is DX of exclusion...
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Yes: Autoimmune diseases typically are managed by rheumatology... Steroids and other types of immune-modulators assists in temporizing these challenging di... Read More
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Venous disease: If your friend has type ii diabetes, one way to think about this disease is "dis-obesity." obesity then increases the pressure on lower legs veins, b... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Roberts is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Roberts is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you so very much how long do you think I can go without surgery I own and work at my car detailing company
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you I just stArted on Coumadin a few weeks ago . I'm not sure
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Your answer was very helpful, thanks! Don’t forget connective tissue & genetic disorders such as Marfans Syn
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY
Graduated 1994MD
Awards
Top Vascular Surgeon , First Place, Tennessee - Winter
2013
Top Vascular Surgeon , First Place, National - Summer
2013
Affiliations
Alpha Omega Alpha
Fellow American College of Surgeons
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