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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CC</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Cardiol Croat</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Cardiologia Croatica</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Cardiol. Croat.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">1848-543X</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1848-5448</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Croatian Cardiac Society</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">CC_13(1-2)_64</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15836/ccar2018.64</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Extended Abstract</subject></subj-group>
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<article-title>Peripheral vascular interventions: the perspective of an interventional cardiologist</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>&#x0160;ipi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Tomislav</given-names></name><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8652-4523">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8652-4523</ext-link></contrib>
<aff id="aff1">Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases Magdalena, Krapinske Toplice, <country>Croatia</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1"><label>*</label>ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Tomislav &#x0160;ipi&#x0107;, Magdalena Klinika za kardiovaskularne bolesti, Ljudevita Gaja 2, HR-49217 Krapinske Toplice, Croatia. / Phone: +385-91-5603-249 / E-mail: <email xlink:href="tomislavsipic2@gmail.com">tomislavsipic2@gmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="epub-ppub"><month>02</month><year>2018</year></pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<issue>1-2</issue>
<fpage>64</fpage>
<lpage>64</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>30</day><month>01</month><year>2018</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>10</day><month>02</month><year>2018</year></date>
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<copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-holder>
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<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><title>Keywords: </title><kwd>peripheral vascular intervention</kwd><kwd>interventional cardiologist</kwd><kwd>vascular surgery</kwd></kwd-group>
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<p>In the recent years, the cardiovascular patient became the focus of cardiovascular experts. Because the vessels in our body are made of the same material, the vascular problem could emerge from head to toe, so it is logical that, in the best interest of patient, the decision how to optimally treat the cardiovascular patient is often made by the team of experts - interventional cardiologists, vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, anesthesiologists and sometimes many others expert. Some patients require combination of interventional and surgical treatment. According to this, there is a lot of overlapping between the professions. It is obvious that one new profession is emerging - endovascular medicine. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r1"><italic>1</italic></xref>)</p>
<p>In last 7 years, in our institution, our peripheral vascular team (2 interventional cardiologists and vascular surgeon), performed more than 330 peripheral interventions (on femoral, iliac and subclavian arteries) and more then 50 endovascular aneurysm repair and thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair procedures. In this presentation we will show our work and results during the recent period and some thoughts considering the development of endovascular medicine.</p>
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