Robert Shahverdyan (Hamburg, Germany) encourages interventionalists to try the new Flex Vessel Prep system (VentureMed) to experience the benefits that arrive in the wake of using this three-bladed device. The device creates symmetrical microincisions when deployed, rotated and pulled through the stenotic lesion under low pressure and is now routinely used by Shahverdyan in different locations of stenosis for accesses achieved using fistulas or grafts.
This system might prepare the blocked lesion for subsequent symmetrical drug distribution when a drug-coated balloon is used afterwards, and it also results in lower pressures and less pain for patients, he says, based on his experience.
The device has been assessed in the FLEX FIRST AV [arteriovenous] registry. The result that particularly impressed Shahverdyan from this dataset was the extended time to reintervention when the device was used. Percutaneous balloon angioplasty, which is accepted as the standard-of-care treatment for dysfunctional dialysis access, is beset by the number of interventions required to maintain access as well as the short time to reintervention.
“It's one thing to hear from experts. It's one thing to read registry outcomes, but it's another thing to try, and when you try it, you will see how easy it is to use. […] Just try it, and you will see how it affects your outcomes,” Shahverdyan says.
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