Dr. Christopher G Carsten M.D.
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
200 Patewood Dr Suite C300 Greenville SC, 29615Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Christopher Carsten is a vascular surgeon practicing in Greenville, SC. Dr. Carsten specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Carsten diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
Med Univ of Sc Coll of Med, Charleston Sc 1992
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prophylactic inferior vena cava filters in trauma patients at high risk: follow-up examination and risk/benefit assessment.
- Use of limited color-flow duplex for a carotid screening project.
- Obturator bypass: a classic approach for the treatment of contemporary groin infection.
- Management of renal artery stenosis: effects of a shift from surgical to percutaneous therapy on indications and outcomes.
- Evaluation of the diameter of the proximal descending thoracic aorta with age: implications for thoracic aortic stent grafting.
- Lower extremity arteriovenous hemodialysis access: an important adjunct in select patients.
- Description and outcomes of a simple surgical technique to treat thrombosed autogenous accesses.
- The management of malfunctioning prosthetic arteriovenous accesses by interventional nephrologists and surgeons: a retrospective comparison of long-term outcomes.
- Comparison of arteriovenous fistulas and arteriovenous grafts in patients with favorable vascular anatomy and equivalent access to health care: is a reappraisal of the Fistula First Initiative indicated?
- The influence of a Vascular Surgery Hospitalist program on physician and patient satisfaction, resident education, and resource utilization.
- Fistulas in octogenarians: are they beneficial?
- Nonoperative management of grade III blunt thoracic aortic injuries.
- Factors associated with limb loss despite a patent infrainguinal bypass graft.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Vascular Disease
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