NEW YORK -- An estimated 12 million Americans suffer from peripheral artery disease, but many more are believed to be undiagnosed. A first responder on Long Island is said to be the first in the country, outside a clinical trial, to undergo a life-saving surgery for the disease.
''You'd be the first person in North America, United States to have it done. Would you be interested?' I says if it saves me and it would save others from getting surgery or an amputation. He goes, 'That's exactly what it's all about.' I says, then yeah, I'm interested,' Curran said.'It is absolutely a game changer'It's called Esprit BTK System, described by maker Abbott as a 'first of its kind below-the-knee dissolving stent.
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