Diabetic Foot Ulcer Management: Insights from the American Heart Association #ActAgainstAmputation #DiabeticFoot #Circulation #PVDCouncil

Our collective publication, published in the American Heart Association's circulation, is entitled "Current Status and Principles for the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetic Foot Ulcers in the Cardiovascular Patient Population," co-authored by Katherine Gallagher and colleagues, including Joseph L. Mills, David G. Armstrong, Michael S. Conte, Robert S. Kirsner, Samantha D. Minc, Jorge Plutzky, Kevin... Continue Reading →

American Heart Association Advocates for Early Detection and Team-Based Care in Response to Disproportionate Impact of Peripheral Artery Disease in People of Color #ActAgainstAmputation #AmericanHeartAssociation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES FOR EARLY DETECTION AND TEAM-BASED CARE IN RESPONSE TO DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE IN PEOPLE OF COLOR LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2023 — In a new scientific statement published in the renowned Journal 'Circulation', a collective of esteemed medical researchers, including David G. Armstrong, Professor of... Continue Reading →

@American_Heart Podcast – Health Disparities in PAD: Solutions Across Diverse Communities ActAgainstAmputation #DiabeticFoot @ALPSlimb @USC @USC_vascular @ResearchatUSC @KeckSchool_USC @ClevelandClinic @YaleMed @UArizona @UMich

Click here for our American Heart Association podcast "Health Disparities in PAD: Solutions Across Diverse Communities" Featuring Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA; David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD; Carlos Mena, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM; Kirsten Concha-Moore MD; Chloé Powell, MD The transcript for the podcast is here Health Disparities in PAD: Solutions Across Diverse Communities Page... Continue Reading →

First-Ever American Heart Association Webinar on Health Equity in Peripheral Artery Disease Talks Scope of Problem and Offers Solutions @American_Heart #ActAgainstAmputation @USC @KeckSchool_USC @WeAreLAHealth @ALPSlimb @USC_Vascular @APMA

The American Heart Association convened an interdisciplinary "all star" panel focusing on peripheral artery disease, team care, and patient-centered limb preservation. Chaired by Lee Kirksey, Vice Chair of Vascular Surgery, the program also included patient advocate JB Starks, University of Washington's Elina Quiroga, Yale's Carlos Mena, MercyOne Sioux City's Neal Khurana, West Virginia University's Samantha... Continue Reading →

Reducing Nontraumatic Lower-Extremity Amputations by 20% by 2030: Time to Get to Our Feet – A Policy Statement from @American_Heart @CircAHA

An important Policy Statement in Circulation by the American Heart Association (Creager and coworkers) calling for a 20% reduction in lower extremity amputations over the next decade. Ladies and gentlemen: This is doable. Nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation is a devastating complication of peripheral artery disease (PAD) with a high mortality and medical expenditure. There are ≈150... Continue Reading →

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