East Texas Vascular Associates, Pa

east texas vascular associates (etva) was organized in the early 1980’s to provide care to the east texas community for those individuals suffering from vascular disease. prior to that time, there had been no board certified vascular surgeons practicing this specialty in the tyler area. etva consists of the following four board-certified surgeons: s. edwin duncan, d. brent kerns, j. blake harrison, and david l. young. etva is an independent surgical specialty group who cares for patients with carotid problems such as blockages in the carotid artery that are potential stroke problems. our physicians also use new techniques for abdominal aneurysm repair by using endovascular stent grafts which has made the treatment of abdominal aneurysms improved and much more beneficial with recuperation in a timely manner to our elderly patients. next, we treat femoral artery disease which consists of individuals who have leg cramps with walking and blockages in their leg vessels which may lead to the