Peripheral intervention

CLI Perspectives

Indications for Pedal Loop Reconstruction and Distal Tibio-Pedal Reconstruction for Limb Salvage

04/05/2018

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Amputation Prevention Centers, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

J.A. Mustapha, MD, talks with Bryan T. Fisher, Sr., MD, Chief of Vascular Surgery, Director of the Wound and Vascular Center, TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

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The pedal loop is the third and arguably most vital part of lower extremity perfusion and wound healing. It is known that outflow is correlated with patency, yet some would argue that we don’t pay enough attention to the distal foot...

The pedal loop is the third and...

04/05/2018

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Case Report

Interventional Techniques Utilizing an Interdisciplinary Approach for Treatment of PVD

03/01/2018

Nina Pistalo, CCL RN, P. Ramon Llobet, MD, FACC, St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago, Indiana

Nina Pistalo, CCL RN, P. Ramon Llobet...

When possible, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) should be considered as a first-line choice for diabetic patients with foot ulcers and peripheral arterial disease with obstruction, as opposed to amputation.

When possible, percutaneous...

03/01/2018

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CLI Perspectives

My Favorite Wires in Tibial and Plantar Circulation: A Case-Based Presentation

02/06/2018

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Amputation Prevention Centers, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

J.A. Mustapha, MD, Fadi Saab, MD, Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Amputation Prevention Centers, Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Treating complex lesions in tibial and plantar vessels require a unique combination of flexibility and strength. The operator needs to think about wires that can assist in crossing complex long lesions or chronic total occlusions (CTOs).

Treating complex lesions in...

02/06/2018

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Case Series

Fem-Pop Graft Failure: Resurrection with the CrossLock LP

02/06/2018

Richard R. Heuser, FACC, FACP, FESC, FSCAI, Chief of Cardiology, St. Luke’s Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona

Eddie Lipan, MD, Tempe St. Luke’s Wound Care Center

Phoenix, Arizona

Richard R. Heuser, FACC, FACP, FESC, ...

Even though many cases of critical limb ischemia can be treated with either an endovascular or surgical approach, this small series discusses three cases that underwent a surgical approach that subsequently failed. In each case, the surgeon...

Even though many cases of...

02/06/2018

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Clinical Images

Combined Radial-Tibial Access Strategy With Radial-Tibial Reverse CART, Radial-Tibial Kiss, and Tibial-Tibial Kiss

12/27/2017

Elias B. Hanna, MD; Bashar A. Ababneh, MD; Amit N. Amin, MD

Elias B. Hanna, MD; Bashar A. Ababne...

A 45-year-old male smoker presented with extensive non-healing ulcerations and an occluded right CFA. His left forearm had contractures from a prior stroke. We describe a combined radial-tibial access revascularization strategy.

A 45-year-old male smoker...

12/27/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

CLI Perspectives

Desperate Times Require Complex Measures: An AV Reversal Case Study

07/30/2017

J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health - University of Michigan Health
Wyoming, Michigan

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The time of onset of symptoms to the time the patient presented for the current procedure was over 10 months. Ten months, to a CLI patient, is a lifetime. With no other endovascular or surgical options other than amputation, an...

The time of onset of symptoms to...

07/30/2017

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CLI Perspectives

Update on the Novel AV Reversal Therapy for End-Stage CLI

04/10/2017

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan.

Dr. Mustapha interviews Steven Kum, MBBS, FRCS, Novena Vascular & Varicose Vein Centre, Mount Elizabeth Hospital; Director of Vascular Services, Department of Surgery, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.

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Dr. Steven Kum of Singapore believes that patients with end-stage disease can still benefit from a unique procedure called arterial venous flow reversal. Dr. Kum, a vascular surgeon, developed an endovascular procedure to not only create the...

Dr. Steven Kum of Singapore...

04/10/2017

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Conference Insights

Results with the Absorb Balloon-Expandable Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Stent for BTK Occlusive Lesions: The ABSORB BTK Trial

03/06/2017

Cath Lab Digest talks with Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, PhD, FRACS,
Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of New South Wales;
Vascular Surgeon, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

From the VEITH Symposium, November 15-19, 2016, New York, New York.

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This was a first-in-human study. We began working with this new investigational device approximately four years ago. The study itself was a single-center study and is a prospective cohort that we have been performing for slightly less than...

This was a first-in-human study....

03/06/2017

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CLI Perspectives

How to Approach the “Desert Foot” in the CLI Patient

03/05/2017

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan.

Dr. Mustapha interviews Luis Mariano Palena, MD, from the Interventional Radiology Unit, Foot and Ankle Clinic, Policlinico Abano Terme, Abano Terme Padova, Italy.

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A patient with rest pain and single-vessel runoff will be defined as CLI just as much as a patient with rest pain and/or skin breakdown with absent flow to the foot, usually referred to as desert foot.

A patient with rest pain and...

03/05/2017

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CLI Perspectives

Supervised Exercise Program for PAD vs CLI – Learn From the Expert

02/07/2017

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan.

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews R. Kevin Rogers, MD, MSc, RPVI, Associate Professor, Program Director|Vascular Medicine & Intervention, Interventional Cardiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado

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I would love to see CLI Centers of Excellence across the world where there is multidisciplinary, efficient, and effective treatment of patients with CLI. This program would need to encompass multiple specialties, reside in a common physical...

I would love to see CLI Centers...

02/07/2017

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