713-489-6319 HOUSTON
469-343-0265 DALLAS
713-489-6319 HOUSTON
469-343-0265 DALLAS
4747 Bellaire Blvd #550, Bellaire, TX 77401
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Phone: (713) 489-6319
Fax: (713) 575-3688
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Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm
Saturday – Sunday: Closed
Texas Endovascular's Houston clinic is an outpatient interventional radiology clinic at 4747 Bellaire Blvd, Suite 550, Bellaire, TX 77401, just west of Loop 610. Dr. William Fox, co-founder of the practice and the clinic's medical director, along with three other board-certified interventional radiologists diagnose and treat peripheral artery disease (PAD) here, including leg pain with walking (claudication), poor circulation in the legs and feet, and slow-healing foot and leg wounds.
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) happens when plaque builds up inside the arteries that carry blood to your legs and feet. This buildup, called atherosclerosis, narrows the arteries and limits how much oxygen-rich blood reaches your leg muscles, especially when you walk or climb stairs.
PAD is common after age 50, and its symptoms are easy to mistake for normal aging. Because the same plaque can affect arteries elsewhere in the body, PAD also signals a higher risk of heart attack and stroke. Finding it early protects both your legs and your heart.
Leg pain is not something you have to accept as part of getting older. Consider an evaluation if you have:
A leg or foot that suddenly turns cold, pale, numb, or severely painful can mean blood flow has been cut off. Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
Treatment depends on how narrowed the artery is and how much PAD affects your daily life. Early PAD is often managed with medication, a structured walking program, and quitting tobacco. When symptoms limit your walking or a wound won't heal, your physician may recommend reopening the artery from the inside:
Outpatient, with no hospital stay
No large incisions, only a small puncture
Local numbing instead of general anesthesia
Medically necessary treatment covered by Medicare and most major insurance plans
Dr. William Fox, the clinic's medical director, leads PAD care in Houston with Dr. Eric Hardee, Dr. Ryan Armstrong, and Dr. AJ Valenson. All four are board-certified interventional radiologists. Our physicians rotate between clinics, so ask when you call if you would like a specific doctor.
Our Houston clinic evaluates leg pain and poor circulation and offers balloon angioplasty, stenting, atherectomy, and medication management. Your physician recommends a plan after reviewing your symptoms and test results.
Peripheral artery disease is a narrowing of the arteries that carry blood to your legs and feet, usually caused by plaque buildup (atherosclerosis). Less blood reaches your leg muscles, which can cause pain when you walk, numbness, and wounds that are slow to heal.
The most common early sign is cramping, aching, or tiredness in the calves, thighs, or hips when you walk that eases after a few minutes of rest. Other signs include a cold lower leg or foot, numbness or weakness, shiny or discolored skin, slower toenail growth, and sores on the feet or toes that won't heal. Some people have no symptoms at all.
Diagnosis usually starts with a review of your symptoms, a check of the pulses in your legs and feet, and an ankle-brachial index (ABI) test, which compares blood pressure at your ankle with blood pressure in your arm. An ABI below 0.9 suggests PAD. Duplex ultrasound, CT angiography, or MR angiography can show exactly where an artery is narrowed.
PAD tends to get worse over time. Severe PAD can cause pain even at rest, wounds that won't heal, infection, and in the most serious cases, amputation. People with PAD also have a higher risk of heart attack and stroke, so treating PAD is part of protecting your overall heart health.
These procedures are done through a small puncture with local numbing, and most patients go home the same day. Light activity is usually fine within a day or two. You will need to avoid strenuous exercise and heavy lifting for a short time, and your care team will explain how to care for the puncture site.
Medicare and most major insurance plans cover PAD treatment when it is medically necessary. Our team verifies your benefits and explains what you can expect to pay before your visit is scheduled.
Plaque that has already built up does not simply go away, but PAD can be managed. Quitting tobacco, walking regularly, and controlling cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes can slow it down, and minimally invasive procedures can reopen narrowed arteries to improve blood flow.
We are at 4747 Bellaire Blvd, Suite 550, Bellaire, TX 77401, just west of Loop 610. Call (713) 489-6319 for directions or if you have any questions.
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