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Are you at Risk for a Stroke, Aneurysm Are you at Risk for a Stroke, Aneurysm or Peripheral Arterial Disease? or Peripheral Arterial Disease?

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Are you at Risk for a Stroke, Are you at Risk for a Stroke, Aneurysm or Peripheral Arterial Aneurysm or Peripheral Arterial

Disease?Disease?

Did you know you could be at Did you know you could be at

risk and not know it?risk and not know it?

Complications of stroke or Complications of stroke or aneurysm can happen suddenly aneurysm can happen suddenly without prior signs or symptoms.without prior signs or symptoms.

Answer these Questions:Answer these Questions:

Do you smoke?Do you smoke? Do you have diabetes?Do you have diabetes? Do you have high blood pressure?Do you have high blood pressure? Do you have high cholesterol?Do you have high cholesterol? Are you age 55 or older?Are you age 55 or older? Is there a family history of aneurysm, Is there a family history of aneurysm,

poor circulation, stroke or heart disease?poor circulation, stroke or heart disease? Are you overweight? Are you overweight?

These conditions can be evaluated These conditions can be evaluated noninvasively using Vascular Ultrasound noninvasively using Vascular Ultrasound Imaging (Doppler duplex scanning with Imaging (Doppler duplex scanning with

color flow).color flow).

If you answered yes to just one of these If you answered yes to just one of these questions you may be at risk for a life questions you may be at risk for a life threatening stroke, aortic aneurysm or threatening stroke, aortic aneurysm or

peripheral arterial disease (PAD).peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

What does a Blocked Artery Look What does a Blocked Artery Look

Like?Like?

What does an Aneurysm Look What does an Aneurysm Look Like?Like?

The ExamThe Exam

The arteries will be evaluated using The arteries will be evaluated using state of the art ultrasound imaging state of the art ultrasound imaging that is noninvasive and painless.that is noninvasive and painless.