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Vascular medicine or angiology is the medical specialty concerned with the functioning and diseases of the lymphatic and circulatory systems, which include veins, arteries and small blood vessels. A vascular specialist is additionally sometimes mentioned as an angiologist. Angiology may be a highly technical specialty and requires access to state-of-the-art equipment, particularly in imaging. The patient should therefore seek the recommendation of their GP or pharmacist to make sure the angiologist has the right means at their disposal. Angiology cares with the body's complex system of blood vessels, particularly the arteries and veins. The angiologist knows about the structure and characteristics of the varied blood vessels within the body. He is a specialist altogether the changes which will occur in these vessels. His area of expertise includes, therefore, disorders such as the narrowing or closure, dilation and inflammation of the vessels. In order to be ready to determine exactly how a vessel has changed, he's ready to perform a spread of examinations, e.g. a Doppler ultrasound test, oscillography or even a test run on a jogging machine.The angiologist knows about the various ways of treating vessels that have undergone change. For example, he will remove varicose veins employing a method referred to as 'stripping', affect spider veins or remove blockages in blood vessels by means of a surgical intervention.  

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