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
Provider Details
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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