If your symptoms persist after EVLT treatments you may be suffering from Iliac vein compression syndrome. The artery is a heavy thick-walled tube, like a garden hose. The vein is a thin flimsy tube, like saran wrap. The heavy artery can compress the thin vein when it crosses over it.

If we find compression of more than 50% on IVUS measurement, we scaffold the vein open with a large stent. This stent allows the vein to remain open, and blood can flow back to the heart more easily, which relieves the “traffic jam” of blood backing up in the vein that compression created. By allowing blood to LEAVE the leg more easily, it allows blood to ENTER the leg more easily, improving arterial flow to the leg.