Boston Medical Center – Brighton

Invasive and Non-Invasive Vascular Lab

Boston Medical Center – Brighton’s Invasive and Non-Invasive Peripheral Vascular Lab provides the full range of non-invasive testing necessary for the evaluation and management of arterial and venous vascular diseases. We specialize in techniques that cause less discomfort and reduce recovery times for our patients, and perform more than 500 interventional vascular procedures each year.

Locations and Contact

736 Cambridge St., Brighton, MA 02135617.789.2000

Our Team

Tariq Bhat, MD

Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine

Alireza Vaziri, MD

Vascular Medicine Interventions

Patient Information

Conditions we treat include:
  • Arterial vascular disease
  • Venous vascular disease
We use interventional techniques to treat forms of arterial and venous vascular disease, including: Testing
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm assessment with ultrasound
  • Bypass graft evaluation and peripheral arterial duplex scanning
  • Carotid artery disease assessments
  • Lower extremity physiological testing
  • Renal artery and intestinal artery duplex scanning
Treatments
  • Catheter-based embolectomy/thrombectomy/thrombolysis
  • Catheter-based revascularization
  • Balloon angioplasty
  • Stenting
  • Atherectomy
  • Drug coated balloon
  • Endovascular catheter-based stent grafting (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms
  • Large bore catheter thrombectomy (Vortex) for large volume central vein thrombosis (IVC) or clots in transit with pulmonary emboli (PE)
  • Pedal entry/pedal loop revascularization/reconstruction for patients with limb gangrene or limbs at risk that have no other vascular procedure options
  • Endovenous laser therapy (EVLT) for symptomatic varicose vein therapy
  • Stab phlebectomy/sclerotherapy for symptomatic spider vein therapy