Renee Daigle, M.A.
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s. Daigle, who has worked for the Vascular & Interventional Physicians for seven years, received her medical assistant certificate from Southern Maine Technical College. She is helping coordinate an NIH clinical trial on deep venous thrombosis and volunteering her time to screen patients for peripheral vascular disease as part of the Legs for Life Campaign.
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Did You Know? We treat varicose veins and spider veins? Varicose veins are swollen veins which protrude in a rope-like manner under the skin. Normal veins, by virtue of one-way valves, channel blood against gravity up the leg and back to the heart. When a valve becomes defective, it allows blood flow to leak back down the leg resulting in congestion and swelling of the vein. This is a medical condition called Venous Insufficiency.
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