The veins are responsible for transporting blood to the heart so that it can be filtered. When this function is performed abnormally, the waste is not expelled and remains in the circulatory system, causing the progressive worsening of the health status of the affected person. It is the origin of venous vascular pathology and its prevalence is very high. “It is estimated that diseases related to chronic venous insufficiency affect more than 50% of the population. The predominant patient profile is that of adults over 60 years of age and a progressive growth of this pathology is predicted in the coming years linked to the aging of the population,” explains Dr. Paolo Casoni, specialist at the Angiology and Vascular Surgery Service at the Quirónsalud Marbella Hospital.

It also happens that a high percentage of cases related to circulatory problems went unnoticed or were seen by patients as a simple aesthetic problem. As the expert points out, “30% of the cases who consulted their doctor for a problem with visible veins (spider veins) turned out to be the tip of an iceberg, the symptom of a larger problem that could lead to varicose veins, phlebitis. or thrombosis”.

The specialist at the Marbella center advocates for “global and complete” care when determining the diagnosis and assessing the health status of each patient to the extent that “the patient with phlebopathy usually sees other organs or functions affected, such as the skin.” , the heart or the metabolism. All patients with edematous extremities, with swollen legs, may hide metabolic or cardiac problems, but also insufficiency of the venomuscular pump that deserves to be studied,” explains Dr. Casoni.

pizzamiglio-casoni-angiologia-vascular-quironsalud-marbella-webThe phlebologist is part of the team of experts at the Angiology and Vascular Surgery Service of the Marbella hospital led by Dr. Fernando Gallardo. His 40 years of profession are a guarantee for the diagnosis and treatment of the most complicated cases. In addition to his practice activity, Casoni teaches, training doctors in the specialty, such as Dr. Matteo Pizzamiglio, with whom he forms an effective medical-scientific tandem in the Marbella practice.

The Angiology and Vascular Surgery Service stands out for promoting a specialized approach, elevating the medical field of phlebology to a higher level whose main objective is the performance of less aggressive treatments, especially in the surgical part. In the diagnostic field, his efforts focus on increasingly precise anatomical and hemodynamic studies.