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    SMH Break-Through Treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease

    Coconut Telegraph

    SRQ DAILY

    SATURDAY DEC 10, 2016 |

    Sarasota Memorial Hospital is the first hospital on Florida’s Gulf Coast and among the first in the nation to offer a break–through treatment for peripheral artery disease (PAD). Avinger’s Pantheris Lumivascular atherectomy system is an image-guided therapy that allows physicians, for the first time, to see and remove plaque simultaneously during atherectomy, a minimally invasive procedure used for years to cut plaque away from the artery and restore blood flow. In the past, physicians had to rely solely on X-ray as well as touch and feel to guide their tools while treating the complicated arterial disease. The Pantheris device has a small camera on the tip of the catheter, which enables doctors to see inside the artery as they shave and clean away the plaque. Recently approved by the FDA, the device minimizes risk of damage to the artery walls, and fundamentally alters how physicians can treat PAD.  

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    A Magical Evening | SRQ Magazine's Holiday Soiree at Waterworks, December 9

    Photos from the SRQ Magazine Holiday Soiree at Waterworks, December 9

    Jan 4, 2020

    The Sexiest Show in Ballet

    The Sarasota Ballet perform, for the first time, George Balanchine’s evocative and exotic Bugaku April 27-28. This remarkable ballet was a tribute by Balanchine to the refined elegance of Japanese music and dance, and during its world premiere renowned dance critic Anna Kissel

    Apr 11, 2018

    Families First Institute Offers Free, Public Courses to Strengthen Families

    Children First, Sarasota County’s exclusive provider of Head Start and Early Head Start programs serves more than 700 of the county’s most vulnerable children and their families each year, providing high-quality education, care, nutrition and family support services. Children First&rs

    Apr 4, 2018

    Give Gratitude, Grateful Patient Program

    If you have been a patient at Sarasota Memorial, perhaps you can look back to when the care you received exceeded your expectations. Maybe it was kind words from a doctor or nurse, the patience of a technologist who took the time to explain a procedure, or a volunteer, housekeeper or food service

    Jan 12, 2018