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Non-Surgical Vascular Treatment
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Vascular health can often be improved through exercise, smoking cessation, weight loss and certain medications.
Some vascular problems, including the removal of arterial or venous blood clots, can be treated by our Radiology Department using some remarkable, minimally invasive interventional radiology techniques. These techniques are particularly valuable in the emergency treatment of an acute stroke caused by a blood clot:
Thrombolytic therapy uses clot-dissolving medications to break up dangerous clots inside a blood vessel.
Endovascular embolectomy involves the removal of an arterial blood clot using a catheter based instrument guided by the radiologist.
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Jonathan Eddinger, MD, FACC
Seacoast Cardiology Associates, PA
3 TerraScape Parkway
Somersworth, NH 3878
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Naomi S. Gauthier, MD
CHaD at Wentworth Douglas Hospital
789 Central Avenue
Dover, NH 3820
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Salman Ghiasuddin, MD
Clipper Cardiovascular Associates
112A Parker St
Newburyport, MA 1953
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Mark I. Jacobs, MD, FACC
Atlantic Cardiology Associates
333 Borthwick Avenue
suite 401
Portsmouth, NH 3801
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James H. Rothstein, MD, FACS
Thoracic & Vascular Associates
267 Route 108
Unit A
Somersworth, NH 3878
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