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Ask the Experts: What Are Three Keys to Meaningful Improvement in Amputation Prevention?

Panelists share necessary changes to amputation prevention, including efforts related to patient awareness, education, care models, and more.

With Naseer Ahmad, MD; Foluso Fakorede, MD; Sonya Noor, MD, FACS; and Mark J. Portou, PhD, FRCS

Strategies in Limb Preservation

By Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD

Identifying the Right Carotid Therapy for Each Patient

Dr. William Gray talks with Drs. Sonya Noor, Adnan Siddiqui, and Peter Soukas about how they approach treatment decisions for patients with carotid artery disease, their algorithms, patient and lesion characteristics that help guide decisions, and their shared decision-making process with both the multidisciplinary team and individual patient.

With moderator William A. Gray, MD, MSCAI, FACC, and panelists Sonya Noor, MD, FACS; Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD; and Peter A. Soukas, MD

Raising CLTI Awareness for Both Patients and Practitioners

A conversation on efforts to raise awareness about chronic limb-threatening ischemia and amputation prevention, including success and roadblocks, the importance of early patient education, common misconceptions, and more.

With Naseer Ahmad, BSc (Hons), MBChB, PgD, MD, FRCS; Anahita Dua, MD, MS, MBA; Foluso Fakorede, MD; Simon Prather Burnham, RT(R)(VI); Lashyra Marion, PA-C; Clifton Reed, FNP-BC; Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD; and Kim G. Smolderen, PhD

Chronic Dissections: Are Endovascular Options Viable?

The success of TEVAR in the treatment of chronic dissection aneurysms depends on the extent of disease.

By Kevin Mani, MD, PhD, FEBVS, and Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD

Therapeutic Choice Is Quality Claudication Care

Exercise and claudication pharmacotherapies as the foundation to redefine conservative care.

By Mudassar Ahmed, MD; Sara Murray, MD; and Alan T. Hirsch, MD

CLI: When Is Enough, Enough?

Decisions regarding revascularization options for CLI to optimize wound perfusion and allow rapid wound healing and limb salvage.

By Ahmad Younes, MD, and Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD

Dialysis Access Coding Essentials, Recent Changes, and Location Distinctions

The impact that current CMS reimbursement has had on the settings for dialysis access care and a look ahead at the forthcoming rate decisions.

By Terry Litchfield, MPA

BCLC Staging and Treatment Algorithm: Does It Cover All?

The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging system is a commonly used algorithm for the management of HCC; however, there are key deviations in contemporary practice.

By Altan Ahmed, MD, MSc; Richard Kim, MD; Daniel A. Anaya, MD, MSHCT, FACS; and Bela Kis, MD, PhD, FSIR

Achieving Excellence in CLTI Patient Outcomes and Experience

Reflections on best practices for chronic limb-threatening ischemia centers of excellence, including multidisciplinary care, early referral, revascularization strategies, community engagement, and patient-centered limb salvage outcomes.

With Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD; John H. Rundback, MD, FAHA, FSVM, FSIR; Leigh Ann O’Banion, MD, FACS; and Naseer Ahmad, BSc, MBChB, PgD, MD, FRCS