Basics of the Cath Lab: Peripheral Interventions—Resources for CVPs, Fellows, and the Cath Curious-Infrapopliteal Intervention

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Video Summary

The presentation by Carlos Mena and Dr. Jacob Clemon focuses on infrapopliticative interventions, emphasizing pre-procedural planning and access methods for below-knee procedures. Various access techniques and lesion treatment methods, such as balloon angioplasty, atherectomy, and stenting, are discussed. Key complications like dissections, perforations, and embolization are highlighted, along with management strategies, including drug-eluting stents and the TAC endovascular system. The presentation concludes with a note on the approval of LifeBTK, offering new options for managing major flow-limited dissections.

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Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD and Jacob Cleman, MD

Keywords

infrapopliticative interventions

balloon angioplasty

access techniques

drug-eluting stents

LifeBTK approval