Maryland’s Health Matters - BWMC - Spring 2018 - 6

FIGHTING BACK AGAINST

PERIPHERAL
ARTERY
DISEASE
WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT THIS
VASCULAR CONDITION,
AND HOW TO REDUCE
YOUR RISK

L

ast year, John Gresens
began experiencing unfamiliar
symptoms in his feet and legs.

As a corrections officer for Anne
Additional ultrasounds and

Arundel County, the 58-year-old
Odenton resident spends much of

sonograms in the Vascular Center's

his workday on his feet.

laboratory revealed a blockage in
both legs above the knees. To deter-

"My feet started burning and tingling, and both my calves would get

mine the best treatment plan for

really tight and cramp after walking

Gresens, he underwent an arteriogram
in the Vascular Center's state-of-the-

a few blocks," Gresens explains.
"I would have to sit for a while to get
the pressure off my feet and legs."

Mariano
Arosemena, MD

When these frequent sitting breaks

art endovascular suite.
"An arteriogram is a procedure
used to take pictures of the arteries

to relieve the pain began to interrupt his daily

so we can see precise images of any arterial

tasks, he knew it was time to see a doctor.

blockages or narrowing, assess blood flow, and

"After I had an ultrasound done on my

identify a potential target vessel for a bypass,"

legs, my doctor referred me to the Vascular

says Mariano Arosemena, MD, vascular sur-

Center at the University of Maryland Baltimore

geon at UM BWMC. "Mr. Gresens' arteriogram

Washington Medical Center," says Gresens.

revealed a long blockage in each leg stretching

6  MARYLAND'S HEALTH MATTERS

Two weeks after
bypass surgery,
John Gresens was
back to work.



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