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Impact of Intensity of Vascular Care Preceding Major Amputation Among Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

We examined patient, hospital, and geographic characteristics associated with the intensity of vascular care received the year before amputation. 0.98];P=0.019), and those who received care at a safety-net hospital (odds ratio, 0.87 [95% CI, 0.78–0.97];P=0.012) Mean age, 76.6 0.85];P<0.001).CONCLUSIONS:Patients

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Outpatient vascular care : Good, bad or ugly?

Dr. Anish Koka

Jeffery Dormu was a double board certified vascular surgeon who was paid $13 million dollars by Medicare alone between 2013 and 2017. In 2018, he even opened a state of the art lab nicknamed “the Watcher” and was paid $18 million from Medicare in the next 3 years.