Cardiovascular Care Community Applauds Lawmakers for Urging Administration to Make Unnecessary Amputations a Thing of the Past
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In the letter, which was sponsored by Representatives Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), the lawmakers ask the administration to provide Congress with information about any current or planned efforts by the federal government to reduce unnecessary non-traumatic amputations.“On behalf of the vascular care community, I would like to sincerely thank Representatives Paulsen, Payne, and their colleagues for working to make non-traumatic amputations a thing of the past,” said Jeffrey Carr, MD, a member of the CVC Board of Directors and Founding President of the Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society.“Thanks to their leadership, we are closer to advancing initiatives to address the alarming rate of limb loss in America, particularly in minority communities.” Each year, nearly 185,000 Americans undergo an amputation, about half of which can be attributed to preventable vascular diseases such as PAD.Visit Washington, DC, February 08, 2018 --( PR.com )-- The CardioVascular Coalition (CVC) today applauded 32 members of the U.S. House of Representatives for urging the Department of Health and Human Services and the Veterans Health Administration to adopt a national strategy to reduce non-traumatic amputations through increased awareness of peripheral artery disease (PAD), increased screenings for at risk populations, and improved access to multidisciplinary care.In the letter, which was sponsored by Representatives Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), the lawmakers ask the administration to provide Congress with information about any current or planned efforts by the federal government to reduce unnecessary non-traumatic amputations.“Thanks to their leadership, we are closer to advancing initiatives to address the alarming rate of limb loss in America, particularly in minority communities.”Each year, nearly 185,000 Americans undergo an amputation, about half of which can be attributed to preventable vascular diseases such as PAD.