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Tack Endovascular Repair

Using Tack Endovascular System to Repair Post-PTA Dissections and Improve Flow

George Pliagas, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Vascular/Endovascular Specialist and Co-Director of ACV Las Vegas

George Pliagas, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Vascular/Endovascular Specialist and Co-Director of ACV Las Vegas, shares a CLI case where conservative therapy had failed, and open surgery was not an option for this patient. Dr. Pliagas employed an endovascular approach, including a new technology for repairing post-PTA dissections. The Philips Dissection Repair Device – Tack Endovascular System – is purpose-built to treat dissections and improve PTA and limb salvage outcomes.

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