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AMPUTATION PREVENTION

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Dr. Pedro Mego is one of the leading endovascular physicians in the Rio Grande Valley. With over 15 years of experience in the field his main focus is saving patient's limbs and extending their life expectancy.

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Mission Vascular & Vein Institute

This facility has been uniquely designed by Dr. Mego himself with the goal of treating patients with Peripheral Artery Disease, various venous diseases, and reducing the risk of limb amputation. Dr. Mego has visited numerous medical institutions around the country; allowing him to utilize advanced technology to treat patients who suffer from Peripheral Vascular Diseases in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). He is an endovascular specialist, trained to perform minimally invasive procedures. By improving arterial and venous circulation, it will improve the chances that wounds will heal quickly, preventing the need for an amputation. The majority of these procedures can be performed in an outpatient setting, without a need to stay overnight in a hospital.

About Dr. Mego

Dr. Pedro Mego is a board-certified Interventional Cardiologist (FSCAI) with special interest in Peripheral Artery Disease and Chronic Venous Diseases. He is an Endovascular Diplomate of the American Board of Vascular Medicine and has been serving the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) since he graduated in 2005.

Dr. Mego received his Medical Degree from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos School of Medicine in Peru. He completed residency training in internal medicine at New York Medical College at Metropolitan Hospital Center. Dr. Mego continued his education with a Cardiology fellowship at Montreal Heart Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, followed by an interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

WHAT PATIENTS SAY

"Dr. Pedro Mego saved my mother from having her leg amputated. Previous Dr's that she had seen had told her that amputation was needed cause the area where her ulcer was, was not receiving enough blood flow and this could cause other complications...this is when we were referred to Dr. Pedro Mego. My mothers case was complicated, but not to complicated for Dr. Pedro Mego.. My mother just celebrated her 81st birthday, dancing and walking again...Forever greatful to Dr. Pedro Mego..."

— Patient from Houston, TX