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Taking advantage of high-risk atherectomies that can lead to amputations

    Atherectomies and other procedures on Kelly Hanna’s veins and arteries began in February 2019.

    Her records don’t always show which vessels Dr. Mustapha has performed procedures, but only on which leg.

    In August, Ms. Hanna’s right baby toe had to be amputated.

    Just over a year after the first procedure, she’d had more than a dozen.

    When she went to the hospital in July 2020, her right foot was purple and felt cold. A vascular surgeon at the hospital, Dr Judith Lin, said in an interview that she had no choice but to amputate above the knee.