Ploss Valve
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John Laird, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI
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Dr. Laird is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist focusing on innovative procedures for carotid artery disease, abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysmal disease, renal artery disease and peripheral artery disease. He has vast experience performing more than 5000 endovascular diagnostic and interventional procedures and has lectured and performed endovascular procedures around the world. He has also been a leader in the development of Drug Coated Balloon for peripheral artery disease.
(a) Identification. A switching valve (ploss) is a three-way valve located between a stethoscope placed over the heart, a blood pressure cuff, and an earpiece. The valve allows the user to eliminate one sound channel and listen only to a patient's heart or korotkoff (blood. Choke valve, Butterfly valve used to limit air intake in internal combustion engine. Not to be confused with choke valves used in industrial flow control. Clapper valve: a type of check valve used in the Siamese fire appliance to allow only 1 hose to be connected instead of two (the clapper valve blocks the other side from leaking out). Cla-Val's automatic control valves are specifically designed to meet the requirements of water utility systems, greatly improving supply and distribution system efficiency while helping to save water and reduce usage through pressure optimization, backed by the best warranty in the business.
Dr. Laird earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York in 1984. He completed a residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington followed by a fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. Dr. Laird is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. Prior to joining the Adventist Heart & Vascular Institute, Dr. Laird served as the Medical Director at UC Davis Vascular Center.
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Among his many areas of leadership and innovation are the investigation of new stents for carotid and peripheral vascular applications and the development of laser angioplasty. He uses the Excimer laser as a tool for complex peripheral interventions and in limb salvage situations. Dr. Laird is known for innovation, teaching vascular interventions to other physicians and his role in organizing and conducting clinical trials of new therapies for vascular disease.