Novel Treatment Offers Relief to High-Risk Artery Disease Patients
Texas Tech Physicians First in State to Perform Procedure
Because of the pain caused by peripheral artery disease (PAD), Will D. had for years been unable to work in his yard or enjoy a walk with his wife.
鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 probably walk a third or a quarter of a mile before I had to stop and rest,鈥� he said.
That changed in July when Will D. underwent a new procedure called DETOUR. His treatment was administered by Mohammad 鈥淢ac鈥� Ansari, M.D., director of structural and interventional cardiology research with the Texas Tech Physicians (TTP) Center for Cardiovascular Health.
