{"id":2171,"date":"2014-11-11T14:13:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T19:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ptca.org\/voice\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2014-11-11T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T19:13:43","slug":"vascular-surgery-and-the-battlefield-honoring-our-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ptca.org\/voice\/2014\/11\/11\/vascular-surgery-and-the-battlefield-honoring-our-veterans-2171","title":{"rendered":"Vascular Surgery and the Battlefield: Honoring Our Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2173\" alt=\"  \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ptca.org\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mash_01-140x140.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" \/>Today is Veterans Day in the U.S., honoring the soldiers who fought in the country&#8217;s wars. Last week was the VIVA 14 meeting, presenting the latest advances and techniques in endovascular repair and therapy of blood vessels.<\/p>\n<p>These two events are actually closely aligned: the development and advances made in vascular surgery, and now endovascular therapies, were pioneered on the battlefield.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the video clip below, excerpted from my documentary, &#8220;Vascular Pioneers: Evolution of a Specialty,&#8221; pioneering vascular surgeons from Michael DeBakey to Norm Rich to Bill Blaisdell discuss these advances starting with the Civil War through Vietnam, the development of M.A.S.H. units and arterial repair.<\/p>\n<p>As Dr. Rich states in the opening, &#8220;<em>Hippocrates did say&#8230;2,300 years ago, that if an individual wanted to be a surgeon, he should follow an army.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/center><br \/>\nBy the way, if you would like to see the entire 52-minute documentary, you can <a title=\"Angioplasty.Org DVDs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ptca.org\/store.html\" target=\"_blank\">purchase the DVD, &#8220;VascularPioneers: Evolution of a Specialty&#8221;<\/a> on our website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptca.org\/store.html \" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2128 alignright\" alt=\"Vascular Pioneers: Evolution of a Specialty\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ptca.org\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DVD_case_vascular_124.jpg\" width=\"74\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>The video includes interviews with 20 prominent physicians. 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