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SIR 2025: Cost and discharge
benefits to catheter directed
thrombectomy for iliofemoral DVT

Drs. Nicole Keefe, Kush Desai, from Northwestern,
and Jim Benenati, at Penumbra, discuss a leading
abstract at SIR 2025. The study compared health Dr. Nicole Keefe Dr. Kush Desai Dr. Jim Benenati
care resource use and outcomes of patients with
iliofemoral DVT who
underwent catheter-
assisted vacuum
thrombectomy versus
anticoagulation in the
US. Tune in to see
how this may benefit
your patients and
referral network

https://youtu.be/seQsIMLh6a8
Dr. Suresh Vedantham gives
an update on C-Tract.
C-tract promises to be a landmark trial to help
guide therapy for chronic iliac vein obstruction. Dr.
Vedantham details the progress of the trial and
the intricacies of its design
Dr .Suresh Vedantham

https://youtu.be/Nbw_so2ie2U

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