Cook Medical launches a website with online resources for treatment minimally invasive diseases members lower.
the microsite Leg Therapies ” it fits within the advanced program of therapies for the lower members, meets the latest resources on the most cutting-edge treatments and best practices in arterial disease peripheral.
Madrid, November 2010- medicine practitioners can already explore the latest treatment options and best practices in the new microsite of Cook Medical leg therapies ”, a website that offers the latest advances in the treatment of diseases of the lower limbs, as peripheral arterial disease (pad), and advanced States of critical lower limb ischaemia. The microsite, whose official launch was carried out in the stand 1336 the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Conference 2010 Congress, has also been designed as a portal to host discussions, collaborations, educational and content resources dynamic products and procedures behind the treatment of diseases affecting the lower limbs.
Techniques and treatment minimally invasive for peripheral arterial disease in lower limbs have won a significant force in this decade, surpassing these treatments Endovascular surgeries open at 38 per cent in 2007. This trend has contributed to reducing the average length of hospital stay by 20 percent, and significantly reduced mortality rates associated with the disease. Even so, the EAP still affects 27 million people in Europe and North America, so it is essential to get a better understanding of the different challenges of each patient and the solutions that increase the efficiency of the treatment and improve outcomes.
microsite Leg Therapies of Cook currently contains the following sections:
-A paragraph with information about the disease, graphics, updated tables and statistics on the EAP;
-A listing of program products divided into categories, workshops for training and research belonging to Cook Leg Therapies Program program;
-A complete section of procedures with help guides for the médicos can access, guided and treated securely diseases in regions iliac and femoropopliteal legs infrapoplÃtea;
-A section of products containing devices, pods, guides and catheters that are part of the pillars of access, guidance and treatment ” the operation of the Leg Therapies program;
-the upcoming events section informs the events of the sector where Cook involved.
Users can also access the twitter @ cookvascular through the microsite. Videos, Windows Messaging, and other multimedia tools will be available in late 2010 and early 2011.
For almost half a century, Cook Medical has worked shoulder to shoulder with the pioneers of the peripheral medicine to provide technologies that promote treatment minimally invasive to patients who are fighting against diseases as the EAP, “said Rob Lyles, Vice President and global leader of the unit Peripheral Intervention of Cook Medical.””With the launch of the microsite Leg Therapies ”, Cook can already share cutting-edge research and effective solutions to clinical interventions with a wider audience, composed of the doctors involved in the treatment of the EAP and to build a healthy cardiovascular environment in the long term”.
About Cook Medical
Founded in 1963, cook Medical was the first company to implement many of the medical devices now commonly used for minimally invasive medical procedures throughout the body. Currently, the company integrates medical devices, drugs and biological products to improve the safety and clinical outcomes for the patient. Since its inception, Cook has operated as a private family-run company.
