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I'M ERIN CLARK. DAN GREEN IS OFF TONIGHT. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH... NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT PROMISES TO HELP MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT IS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH PLAQUE- BLOCKED ARTERIES IN THEIR LEGS OR ARMS. MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH BLOCKED ARTERIES AROUND THE HEART.... THIS IS SIMILIAR, AND CAN BE EVERY BIT AS DANGEROUS... AND SALINAS VALLEY HEALTH IS ONE OF ONLY TWO MEDICAL CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY NOW OFFERING THIS BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY. < FOR 74 YEAR OLD JAVIER LOPEZ....AND HIS DOCTOR THIS SIMPLE WALK IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE...ON FRIDAY HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PATEINTS IN THE COUNTRY TO UNDERGO A BRANK NEW, BREAKTHROUGH PROCEDURE... CALLED (PER- CUE-TANE-EE-US TRANS ARE- TERIAL BYPASS) P-TAB FOR SHORT... IT TREATED CLOGGED ARTERIES IN HIS LEG....THE PAIN WAS SO UNBEARABLE HE COULDN'T WORK, HE COULD BARELY WALK. (CLIP 5293 1:04 -1:23) HE WORKED AT A PACKING SHED FOR MANY YEARS, AND THATS WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS HAVING A LOT OF LEG PAIN TO THE POINT THAT HE COULD NOT TOLERATE IT" HIGH CHOLESTEROL PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE...MORE THAN 20 MILLION ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OUR AREA IS A HOT SPOT....THESE ARE SOME OF THE RISK FACTORS.... SMOKING, DIABETES, AGE, FAMILY HISTORY OFHEART DISEASE, HIGH BLLOD PRESSURE AND HIGH CHOLERSTEROL. IN EXTREME CASES IT CAN LEAD TO AMPUTATIONS....MORE COMMON THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. (SOT) <THE SALINAS AREA IS PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FRANKLY TOO MANY AMPUTATIONS. THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD IS DESIGNED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THAT." > IN THE PAST, JAVIER'S CONDITION WOULD HAVE REQUIRED INVASIVE BYPASS SURGERY, MULTIPLE NIGHTS IN THE HOSPITAL, A LOT OF RISK AND A RECOVERY TIME OF SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS....FOR TWENTY YEARS DR. JOYE HAS WORKED TO FIND A BETTER WAY AND AFTER YEARS OF CLNICAL TRIALS AROUND WORLD, THE PROCEDURE HE DEVELOPED...NOW FINALLY HAS FDA APPROVAL....AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNNING... (SOT CLIP 5292 6:10) "TRUST ME THIS IS THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SPEAR. THIS IS GOING TO BE A THOUSAND HOSPITALS THREE YEARS FROM NOW." SO THIS IS HOW IT WORKS...P-TAB....ALSO KNOWN AS THE DETOUR SYSTEM BECAUSE IT ALLOWS DOCTORS TO BYPASS OR DETOUR AROUND THE PLAQUE BLOCKED ARTERY WITH STENTS ROUTED THROUGH THE THE FEMORAL VIEN TO RESTORE BLOOD FLOW...THIS UNASSUMING STENT IS MADE OUT OF SPECIAL MATERIAL THAT REACTS TO BODIES HEAT..EXPANDS AND APPLIES CONTINUOUS PRESSURE TO KEEP THAT VEIN OPEN....THE WHOLE PROCEDURE TAKES ABOUT 90 MONUTES AND MOST PATIENTS GO HOME THE SAME DAY. (SOT 11:34 -11:50) "RIGHT NEXT TO EVERY ARTERY IN THEBODY THERE IS A VEIN. THE CASE OF THE LEG THERE HAPPENS TO BE A HUGE VEIN AND THAT VEIN IS A POWERFUL CONDUIT THAT WE CAN TAP INTO..... FOR JAVIER AND SO MANY PATIENTS LIKE HIM....DR. JOYE'S PROCEDURE IS LIFE CHANGING... FOR THE DOCOTR HIMSELF WHO MADE IT HIS LIFE'S WORK TO FIND THAT BETTER WAY..IT IS AN EMOTIONAL DAY. (SOT 14:51 -14:55) (15:04 - 15:13) "YEAH, ITS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. REALLY . THIS IS OLDER THAN MY KIDS. ITS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY." ###> RIGHT NOW -- SALINAS VALLEY HEALTH AND THE CLEVELAND CLINIC ARE THE ONLY TWO FACILITIES OFFERING THE PROCEDURE... BUT DR. JOY IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING DOCTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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