VASCULAR LAB :

One American dies every 32 seconds of cardiovascular disease, disorders of the heart and blood vessels. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, costing society over 83.7 billion dollars each year in health services, medications, and lost work time due to disability. Stroke, a disorder of the blood vessels to the brain, is the third leading cause of death and disability in this country, with 500,000 new strokes occurring annually.

Each year, 2 million people in the United States alone develop deep-vein thrombosis, blood clots in the veins. This affliction becomes life threatening for 500,000 of those people when the blood clot breaks loose and travels to the lungs. With early detection through the use of noninvasive vascular testing, this disease can be prevented.

Although life threatening if undetected, early detection of these vascular diseases is possible through the use of the noninvasive vascular testing techniques performed in vascular laboratories.

Gastonia Surgical Vascular Laboratory was among the first 975 vascular laboratories in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico to be granted accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL).

The ICAVL, a nonprofit organization established with the support of ten medical societies, provides a mechanism for accrediting facilities which perform comprehensive testing for vascular disease with noninvasive testing. Accreditation status signifies that the facility has been reviewed by an independent agency which recognizes the laboratory's commitment of quality testing for the diagnosis of vascular disease. Participation in the accreditation process demonstrates the laboratory's concern for high quality patient care and attention to quality assurance.

Gastonia Surgical Associates, Carlos Sicilia MD, Daniel McClellan MD, C. Scott Callicutt, MD, and Scott Hovis MD B.E. are proud to offer continued excellence in Vascular Surgery and state of the art noninvasive testing provided in our newly accredited vascular laboratory. We continue our commitment to the citizens, of Gaston County by offering the latest advances in surgical care and providing outstanding patient care services.

All tests are performed by registered vascular technologists who only perform vascular testing, and are interpreted by board-certified peripheral vascular surgeons.

Vascular Lab Services (noninvasive tests)
· Carotid ultrasound
· Venous ultrasound
· Arterial flow studies
· Aortic duplex
· Renal duplex
· Mesenteric duplex
· AV fistula-hemodialysis graft duplex
· Arterial bypass duplex

Gastonia Surgical Associates, P.A.
2544 Court Drive, Suite G · Gastonia · NC · 28054
Phone: (704) 864-7821 | Fax (704) 865-0519
email: info@gastoniasurgical.com