Chronic total occlusions (CTO)

William Nicholson, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiology, 
WellSpan York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida

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

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews Gary M. Ansel, MD, FACC, System Medical Chief – Vascular Services, OhioHealth, Columbus, Ohio

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida, Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida, Eric R. Guerra, MD, Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton, Georgia

Kintur Sanghvi, MD, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey, Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, Pennsylvania. This case is part of a series of transradial-focused reports directed by section editor Dr. Samir Pancholy. This case series is supported by an educational grant from Medtronic. 

Morton Kern, MD

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan. This month, J.A. Mustapha, MD, interviews Thomas P. Davis, MD, FACC, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab; Director, Peripheral Interventions and Disease, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Davis, a pioneer in peripheral vascular revascularization, discusses the value of specialty balloons in infrainguinal disease.

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

Cath Lab Digest talks with:

Enrico Ascher, MD, on when we should treat critical limb ischemia patients with bypass surgery;