Photo Credit: Avail Medsystems) Last spring, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, James Harvey, MD (WellSpan Health, York, PA), a specialist in valvular heart disease, was the interventional cardiologist covering his institution’s cath lab when a patient with critical limb ischemia was admitted with an acute vessel closure severe enough that the patient was dangerously close to losing a leg. “I had trained in this and I had done it, but it really hadn't been my forte in a while,” Harvey recalled to TCTMD. “I needed some guidance.” Serendipitously, the team had begun experimenting with a virtual training console manufactured by Avail Medsystems earlier in the year, so Harvey was able to quickly connect with his institution’s peripheral vascular disease specialist to advise on the case. “My partner, who's a real expert in this, was ready to come in if need be, but we were able to maintain the isolation from each other,” Harvey said. “I did the case without a hitch. I had him looking over my shoulder from the comfort of his own home.”