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New data support role of F/BEVAR for treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms
A recent prospective, multicentre cohort study provides insights into early and late aortic-related mortality and rupture after fenestrated and branched endovascular aneurysm repair (F/BEVAR)...
Viz.ai receives FDA 510(k) clearance for abdominal aortic aneurysm AI algorithm
Viz.ai recently announced it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its algorithm intended to detect suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)....
VESS: Hospital Volume Is Tied to the Outcomes of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Contemporary data on outcomes in open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair is limited to reports from major aortic reference centers showing excellent outcomes, rather...
Computational model found to predict early aortic abdominal aneurysm rupture
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur made a...
How important is complex endovascular aortic training in the current landscape?
Just a few years ago, it was commonly accepted that training in complex endovascular aortic operations (e.g. physician-modified endografts , use of in-situ laser...
Terumo Aortic announces launch of Fenestrated Treo pivotal IDE study in US
Terumo Aortic today announced enrollment of the first patient in the Fenestrated Treo pivotal investigational device exemption (IDE) study in the U.S. This study...
ViTAA Medical announces FDA 510(k) clearance for aortic planning platform
ViTAA Medical today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for AiORTA Plan, which the company describes as a...
Terumo Aortic and Bentley announce collaboration on US FEVAR study
Terumo Aortic and Bentley today announced their partnership in a clinical study in the USA. The objective is to obtain US Food and Drug...
Transatlantic multicenter experience highlights effectiveness of total endovascular aortic repair with F/BEVAR but 5%...
Staged total endovascular aortic repair (TEAR) utilizing arch branched and thoracoabdominal fenestrated and branched endografts is effective, but identified predictors of morbidity and mortality—including...
CX 2025: EVAR founding fathers invoke revolutionary past to predict path ahead for aortic...
The next spring forward in aortic stent grafting will be rooted in a greater understanding of the biomechanical forces acting upon devices alongside continued...
Founding fathers of EVAR set to gather to mark 40 years of aortic stent...
The 40-year history of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of the aorta wends a circuitous route, from behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet Ukraine, to...
Novel phenotypic AAA classification may help better stratify aneurysm risk
Inspection of aortic lumen, wall and thrombus volume changes throughout the cardiac cycle enables novel classification of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) into four types...
Vascular trainees better prepared for open aortic practice than commonly reported, new study shows
Current graduates from both vascular surgery residency and fellowship programs are well prepared for surgical practice in aortic disease whether they are performing open...
The endovascular revolution and open aortic training: ‘It’s not necessarily a crisis but it...
Jean Panneton, MD, considers himself what he terms a “blue-collar” vascular surgeon as much as one engaged in academic practice and the necessity of...
In search of the ‘holy grail’: New analysis brings aneurysm rupture prediction closer
A rupture prediction-based algorithm is set to enhance patient selection for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. This is according to Randy Moore, MD, a...
Rates of MAE and reintervention following F/BEVAR remain ‘stable,’ Aortic Research Consortium data show
Latest study out of consortium details trends and outcomes after F/BEVAR procedures carried out over an eight-year period under consortium of 10 physician-sponsored IDEs.
Despite...
Are we overtreating aortic aneurysms in the elderly?
A large meta-analysis of elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) outcomes by age has shown that three-to-five-year survival is very low in octogenarians, prompting researchers...
Physician-modified endografts ‘safe and effective’ for thoracoabdominal and complex AAA repair
Researchers have reported a 94% technical success rate among other key findings from a recent international, multicentre, single-arm cohort study of physician-modified endografts (PMEGs)...
New data on TAMBE outcomes in complex aortic aneurysms revealed
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Gore Excluder Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis (TAMBE) has been shown to be safe and effective at 30 days...
The Thompson Retractor OneFrame System: A ‘complete partner’ for aortic aneurysm procedures
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Aortic aneurysm procedures range from basic to extremely complex. They all have one thing in common: great exposure...
Could metformin be first-ever medical treatment that is effective at managing aneurysm disease?
There is a global interest in assessing whether metformin, which has a long track record of safety and efficacy, is relatively inexpensive and is...
Gore receives FDA approval for breakthrough endovascular device in complex aortic aneurysms
Gore has announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Gore Excluder thoracoabdominal branch endoprosthesis (TAMBE), which the company states is the first...
ESVS 2024 clinical practice guidelines on the management of abdominal aortoiliac artery aneurysms—what’s new?
The updated European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2024 clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with aneurysms of the abdominal aorta and...
U.S. Aortic Research Consortium maps out F/BEVAR preoperative risk factors for one-year mortality in...
A series of preoperative risk factors—including currently smoking, chronic kidney disease (CKD), congestive heart failure (CHF), aneurysm size greater than 7cm, more advanced...
Randomized trial set to elucidate value of image fusion technology for aortic repair
An ongoing UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)-funded randomized controlled trial seeks to illuminate the value of an image fusion guidance...
FDA approves study of ZFEN+ for treatment of aortic aneurysms
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Cook Medical to initiate an investigational device exemption (IDE) study on the Zenith fenestrated+...
Future research needed to ‘optimize’ use of imaging technologies during aortic procedures
Imaging technologies in the aortic space will be a key feature of Saturday’s Plenary Session 8 (11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) in Potomac A/B,...
VAM 2023: Endovascular thermal septotomy for chronic post-dissection aortic aneurysm
Aidin Baghbani-Oskouei, MD, and Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, detail the endovascular thermal septotomy...
CX 2023: Statins save lives after aortic repair regardless of dose
Statin treatment after aortic repair is associated with improved long-term survival, while dose does not matter. This was the key message from a first-to-podium...
Research on aortic size index as predictor of AAAs in men vs women highlights...
Seeking a better understanding of why women with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) have worse outcomes when compared with men, a new study champions...
Award-winning paper finds F/BEVAR ‘feasible and safe’ in patients with failed aortic repairs
Presenting award-winning new research, Andrea Vacirca, MD, a research fellow at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth Houston), revealed how,...
Algorithm predicts females have higher risk for kidney damage after aneurysm repair
When receiving treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), female patients have a higher risk for kidney damage after endovascular repair, a Michigan Medicine study...
CX Aortic Vienna: Onus on industry to meet clinician desire for devices that function,...
The need for vascular companies to home in on developing longer-lasting devices—perhaps even ones that adapt over time to match patients’ changing anatomies—was underscored...
NESVS 2022: Study illustrates relationship between increased distance from medical center and higher treatment...
Research detailing that patients traveling farther for complex aortic surgery have higher procedural costs, postoperative imaging costs, and comprehensive one-year costs was among the...
Artificial intelligence can predict risk of complications after endovascular aneurysm repair
Artificial intelligence (AI) models can be developed to predict the risk of postoperative complications after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) with “high accuracy,” research presented...
Greenberg Lecture raises prospect that ‘less is more and more is less’ with aortic...
Jan S. Brunkwall, MD, from the University of Cologne in Cologne, Germany, delivered the Roy Greenberg Distinguished Lecture at the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting...
Vascular surgeons ‘have a role to play’ in transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures
Vascular surgery assistance in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can facilitate safe and effective device introduction through cases involving challenging femoral or iliac access....
Open repair of infrarenal aortic aneurysm proves preferable to endovascular repair
As part of the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) International Fast Talk session on the morning of Wednesday, June 15, Emiliano Chisci, MD, from San...
Perioperative care in open aortic surgery: SVS and ERAS Society issue consensus statement
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Stockholm, Sweden-based Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Society have released a consensus statement intended to help...
Patients in Florida with complex aortic pathology gain unique access to F/BEVAR
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Patients with complex pararenal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) disease are faced with limited treatment options outside...
US IDE Aortic Research Consortium ‘pushes the envelope’ on F/BEVAR
The U.S. investigational device exemption (IDE) Aortic Research Consortium has produced the strongest data so far on the use of fenestrated/branched endovascular aneurysm repair...
Hospital wins battle against time for one patient’s aortic emergency
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Aortic emergencies, if not diagnosed and managed in due time, are, of course, life threatening. Responding to...
Collaborative effort key to investigating potential biomarker of acute aortic syndrome
Research indicates that plasma desmosine has the potential to act as a biomarker of acute aortic syndrome and could, in the future, be used as a...
Gore Excluder IBE ‘effectively prevented common iliac artery aneurysm enlargement’
Five-year results from the U.S. prospective, multicenter study evaluating endovascular repair of iliac aneurysms using the Gore Excluder iliac branch endoprosthesis (IBE) were presented...
SVS clinical practice guidelines on popliteal artery aneurysms published
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released new clinical practice guidelines to ensure that patients with popliteal artery aneurysms receive appropriate treatment and...
Endologix announces launch of Alto abdominal stent graft in Canada
Endologix today announced the first implant of its Alto abdominal stent graft in Canada following recent approval from Health Canada. Alto was also recently...
Fluoroquinolones linked to increased incidence of aortic aneurysms in US adults
Fluoroquinolones—one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotic classes in the United States—were associated with increased incidence of aortic aneurysm formation in U.S. adults, a...
Pre-emptive embolization of aneurysm sac side branches prevents post-EVAR type II endoleak, study finds
According to Daniela Branzan, MD, a senior vascular surgeon at University Hospital Leipzig, in Leipzig, Germany, and colleagues, pre-emptive embolization of aneurysm sac side...
Active stent-graft fixation below the renal arteries may have the least effect on aortic...
Stent grafts with active fixation below the renal arteries as well as oversizing by less than 10% seem to have the least effect on...
Study finds low mortality, high complication rates after aortic endograft explantation
The explantation of aortic endografts—associated with high postoperative morbidity, particularly in patients with infected grafts—can be carried out with a low mortality rate, a...
CX Aortic Vienna reveals preoccupation with radiation reduction, showcases latest CT tech
Polling at CX Aortic Vienna points to a high level of vigilance over radiation exposure during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). This was among the...
Ascending aorta: Challenges of obtaining data discussed at CX Aortic Vienna
In the ascending aorta session at CX Aortic Vienna, presentations focused on various treatment options, including frozen elephant trunk (FET) and endovascular intervention. The...
Inaugural CX Aortic Vienna to take place online
The inaugural CX Aortic Vienna meeting will be livestreamed Sept. 8–11 to an international, online audience, and will include registrant participation, interaction and polling.
The...
Study: Decreased complication among EVAR conversion patients anticipated when managed at high-volume aortic centers
Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) conversion to open aortic repair (OAR) is now an increasingly common indication and associated with greater operative complexity. However,...
Nearly 70% of CX 2020 LIVE global aortic audience finds type II endoleak without...
A global audience tuned into the second session and inaugural aortic offering of CX 2020 LIVE. With registrations now well over 4,000, the pioneering virtual...
Terumo Aortic gains FDA approval for Treo endovascular device
Terumo Aortic has been granted Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Treo abdominal aortic stent-graft system to be sold in the U.S.
The...
NICE aortic guidelines recommend discussion between physician and patient before offering any treatment
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today published guidelines on abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diagnosis and management. Discussion between...
‘Alarming rate’ of severe cerebrospinal fluid drain complications discovered in first-stage TEVAR and F-BEVAR...
Severe complications from placement of cerebrospinal fluid drains (CSFD) during first-stage thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) and fenestrated-branched endovascular repair (F-BEVAR) of pararenal and...
SVS von Liebig Forum: Complex Aortic Endografting
Innovative approaches to minimally invasive repair of the aorta will be featured during Thursday morning’s William J. von Liebig Forum.
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Attend Aortic Summit at VAM 2017
This year’s Vascular Annual Meeting includes an important final-day summit on a number of factors in thoracoabdominal aneurysms and aortic disease.
The Society of Thoracic...
Ancient Aneurysms
Before anesthetics, before antibiotics, before surgery had even become a scientific discipline, surgeons throughout history did not shy away from the treatment of aneurysms,...
SVS Joins AAAneurysm Outreach
In July, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) joined AAAneurysm Outreach, a newly-formed national non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of abdominal aortic aneurysms...
Einstein’s Aneurysm: Of Cellophane and Rudolph Nissen
In December 1948, Dr. Rudolph Nissen, later famed for his esophageal surgery technique called fundoplication, operated on Albert Einstein, at the Jewish Hospital in...
Study explores when AAA surveillance may no longer benefit older patients
New research suggests that surveillance for small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) may not always provide meaningful benefit in older patients, particularly those with significant...
Dementia patients see worse outcomes after AAA repair
A cohort study using national Medicare data found patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias face significantly higher risks across different outcomes after elective...
SVS updates patient reading materials to ‘improve accessibility’
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has revamped the patient flyers on YourVascularHealth.org—the Society’s patient-facing online patient resource—in an effort to lower the reading level...
MDR certification secured for Impede embolization plug devices
Shape Memory Medical announced that its Impede embolization plug product family has received certification as a Class III device under the European Union (EU)...
NIH-funded WARRIORS trial advances toward launch
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has approved funding for the WARRIORS international randomized trial comparing endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) with watchful waiting in...
Positive data show novel delayed-release diameter reduction technique in construction of PMEGs is viable
A novel physician-modified endograft (PMEG) technique for the treatment of thoracoabdominal and complex abdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA and AAA) involving delayed-release diameter reduction to...
TAMBE and TBE: Evolving experiences and piecing together channels of inquiry
New findings chronicling progress with both the Gore Excluder thoracoabdominal branch endoprosthesis (TAMBE)— approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year—and Gore...
Patient-facing literature from SVS found to exceed recommended reading level
A readability analysis of 15 publicly available patient education materials from the SVS found that all but three exceeded the 8th-grade reading level, the...
Closer to the goal: Shoring up data behind breakthrough imaging technology that plots a...
UMass chief peers down the lens of an if-not radiation-free complex aortic procedural future, then one in which the methods of today will look...
Shape Memory Medical announces midway milestone in AAA-SHAPE randomised controlled pivotal trial
Shape Memory Medical has reached 50 per cent enrolment in its ongoing AAA-SHAPE pivotal trial, the company announced last week.
AAA-SHAPE is a prospective,...
Randomized trial finds inferior mesenteric artery embolization ‘may not be effective’ in EVAR
Results from a multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) indicate that pre-emptive inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) embolisation during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) does not significantly...
Medtronic’s Endurant receives FDA labelling approval to remove rAAA treatment warning
Medtronic recently announced it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labelling approval for the Endurant stent graft system, by adding ruptured abdominal aortic...
Nurea receives US FDA clearance for AI-powered PRAEVAorta 2 software
Nurea's PRAEVAorta 2 artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance, a company press release reveals.
According to Nurea,...
MVSS 2025: Gore iliac branch device ‘equally effective’ in both IDE and registry studies
Researchers have reported comparable five-year outcomes of the Gore Excluder iliac branch endoprosthesis (IBE; Gore) in both the investigational device exemption (IDE) and GREAT...
Shifting demographics, improved visibility and strides made on Medicare reimbursements
This is the latest monthly update on a few of the critical issues facing the SVS.
Changing SVS leadership demographics
Over the last several years,...
Final patient treated in Cook’s Zenith Fenestrated+ endovascular graft clinical study
Cook Medical has enrolled the final patient in the global clinical study of its Zenith Fenestrated+ endovascular graft (ZFEN+), signifying completion of patient recruitment in...
AI: Where it lands today and how it might impact the vascular future
The speed with which artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to envelope aspects of the human experience strikes many as jarring. Its entrance into the...
‘Critical’ importance of lifelong surveillance after EVAR headlines newly published 10-year ENGAGE data
Ten-year data highlight the long-term efficacy and durability of the Endurant stent graft (Medtronic) in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) patients who survived beyond five...
Danish study suggests patients with AAA could benefit from high-dose statin use
A five-year prospective cohort study—using longitudinal registry data from two population-based screening trials—has found that high-dose statin use was associated with decreased abdominal aortic...
Cook announces US launch of Zenith iliac branch device
Cook Medical has announced that its Zenith iliac branch device (ZBIS) is now commercially available in the U.S. with Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Researchers examine safety of prophylactic spinal fluid drainage in open and endovascular TAA and...
“Spinal fluid drainage be considered when the risk of spinal cord injury from the procedure is greater than the risk of severe complications from...
Increased experience with off-the-shelf TAAA endograft sees reduction in complications but no effect on...
Michele Piazza, MD, informed attendees of the 2025 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) that increased experience with the E-nside (Artivion) off-the-shelf preloaded inner branch endograft for...
One-year TAMBE data highlight low mortality, importance of renal branch assessment
The four-branch Gore Excluder thoracoabdominal branch endoprosthesis (TAMBE) device demonstrated low mortality at one year with renal artery occlusion being the predominant device-related event...
Training smarter, not harder: Analysis finds no negative impact of reduced core surgical requirements
Since the 2018 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) reduction of core surgical requirements from 24 to 18 months during integrated vascular surgery...
The Survivalist’s Guide to Heart and Vascular Centers
Malachi Sheahan III, MD, produces notes on a quixotic quest to find meaning in one of medicine’s most meaningless endeavors.
Here’s how it happens. One...
Reality check: Study brings ‘significant’ gap between randomized and real-world vascular patient populations into...
The randomized data foundation on which clinicians base decision-making for vascular surgery patients is derived from populations that do not represent the patients they...
From Olympic triumph to healthcare advocacy: Jim Craig to deliver VAM 2025 keynote address
Jim Craig, a longtime support and vascular advocate, will deliver the annual keynote address at the 2025 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in New Orleans...
From Brazil to Baylor: Oderich assumes coveted role at cardiovascular ‘powerhouse’
Following in the footsteps of some of the pioneers of cardiovascular surgery, Gustavo Oderich, MD, recently stepped into position as the Michael E. DeBakey...
SCVS 2025: Multicenter data show favorable role for FEVAR over chimney grafts
A multi-institutional analysis has demonstrated fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) could be a “safer and more durable option” than chimney EVAR (ChEVAR) in elective...
Obituary: Janet Powell
Janet Powell, the clinical trial investigator who played a pivotal role in several landmark abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) studies, has died at the...
Ketamine reduces postoperative opiate use and pain scores as part of spinal cord protection...
The introduction of ketamine into a spinal cord ischemia (SCI) protection protocol used during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repairs led to significant reductions in...
Shape Memory Medical announces first European enrolment in AAA-SHAPE pivotal trial
Shape Memory Medical today announced the first European enrollment in the AAA-SHAPE pivotal trial, the company’s prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label trial to determine the...
US ARC uncovers ‘dramatic’ decrease in use of prophylactic spinal drains at same time...
Despite a “dramatic” decrease in the use of prophylactic cerebrospinal fluid drains (CSFDs) for the prevention of spinal cord ischemia (SCI) in patients undergoing...
Gore announces first commercial implant of Excluder conformable AAA endoprosthesis with Active Control system...
Gore recently announced the first commercial use of its Excluder conformable abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) endoprosthesis with Active Control system in Canada.
The news coincides...
SVS gets moving on PAD-related grant
All those steps logged during the SVS Foundation’s exercise challenge in September will help the Foundation—and researchers—take new steps to unlock new treatments for...
Invisible ties: The unique journey that landed one medical student on vascular surgery rotation
In the latest Corner Stitch column, medical student Bailey Richardson recounts the deeply personal life events that led to her unique journey into vascular...
SVS launches Highway to Health campaign to help people maintain vascular health at every...
According to a new national survey released by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), nearly one in three Americans at the highest risk for developing...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of August 2024
In August, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist included a research letter addressing ‘alarmingly high’ mortality rates in chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients; a new...
The good, the bad and the bloody: Reflections on the road to residency
As my third year of residency comes to a close, that little thing called The Match feels like a distant fever dream. The...
Machine learning-based model could aid in determining EVAR suitability
Researchers at the University Medical Center Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands) and the University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands) have developed a prediction model that...
SVS Annual Business Meeting showcases 2024 Foundation award recipients
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) convened its Annual Business Meeting at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) on June 22 in Chicago.
A highlight...
VAM 2024: Paper exploring stroke rates in arch TEVAR emerges as winner of Poster...
The 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Chicago showcased emerging talent in vascular surgery through a moderated Poster Competition held over two days of...
Leaders in their field: SVS bestows two awards for lifetime achievement
A standing ovation, flashing lights and a praiseworthy introduction greeted the recipients of the SVS Lifetime Achievement Award yesterday morning: Peter Gloviczki, MD, and...
‘Remarkable’ variation in international vascular care calls for better adherence to evidence-based practice
"All vascular surgeons have access to the same randomized trials and guidelines, which should harmonize international treatment patterns, but this is not always the...
Full smorgasbord of vascular surgery to be showcased during Friday’s International Fast Talk Session
On Friday morning, June 21 (6:30–7:15 a.m. in the West Building, Level 1), VAM 2024 attendees will have the chance to take in an...
One-year results confirm safety and efficacy results of conformable AAA device in highly angulated...
Results of a sub-study from the pivotal Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) trial assessing Gore’s Excluder conformable abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) endoprosthesis have shown...
Shape Memory Medical announces first patient treated in the AAA-SHAPE randomised controlled pivotal trial
Shape Memory Medical recently announced that the first patient has been treated in the AAA-SHAPE pivotal trial.
AAA-SHAPE (Abdominal aortic aneurysm sac healing and prevention...
US FDA approves expanded indication for Gore Excluder conformable device
Gore has announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of an expanded indication for the Gore Excluder conformable abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) endoprosthesis....
CMS considers new approaches to quality payment program with MVPs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are exploring strategies to enhance the Quality Payment Program (QPP), underscoring an effort to boost healthcare...
The ability of ChatGPT to further patient education and aid surgeons
ChatGPT 4.0 was able to provide a mean accuracy rating of 4.4 on a Likert scale of 5 (1=very poor; 5=excellent) across 15 patient-level...
Statewide performance metric ‘profoundly’ increases rate of EVAR surveillance
A statewide collaborative between 35 hospital systems and a large insurance provider showed that the implementation of a performance metric linked with financial reimbursement...
Interim analysis provides early window into real-world Alto stent graft outcomes
In a podium-first presentation on the final day of the 2024 Charing Cross (CX) International Symposium (23–25 April, London, UK), Sean Lyden (Cleveland Clinic,...
Physician-assembled unitary stent graft platform for debranched TAAA repair found safe and effective
Researchers behind a seven-year retrospective analysis of a physician-developed unitary stent graft system for endovascular debranched aortic repair of various thoracoabdominal aortopathies reported a...
Florida IDE trial data support use of physician-modified F/BEVAR over open conversion to treat...
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As Dean Arnaoutakis, MD, describes it, failed endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs)...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of February 2024
In February, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist include a study of metformin and its potential as the first-ever medical treatment that can...
JVS group open-access papers
The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) editors announced the open-access articles available in the flagship title’s March 2024 issue.
The relevant papers are: “Creating hemodialysis...
AAA and complex repair: ‘We need more evidence,’ says UChicago chief
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of open repair versus endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), as well as...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of January 2024
In January, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist include a U.S. Aortic Research Consortium analysis of F/BEVAR preoperative risk factors in AAAs/TAAAs; a...
First patient enrolled in HERCULES randomized trial comparing ESAR and EVAR
The first patient has been enrolled into the HERCULES trial, which compares endosuture aneurysm repair (ESAR) to standard endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) in the treatment of abdominal aortic...
First patient treated in ZFEN+ fenestrated endovascular graft study
Cook Medical has announced the first patient treated in the clinical study of the Zenith Fenestrated+ endovascular graft (ZFEN+) in the U.S. The procedure was...
Viabahn VBX stent graft receives FDA approval
Gore has announced recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a lower profile Viabahn VBX balloon expandable endoprosthesis (VBX stent graft) for the treatment...
University of Pittsburgh awards $100,000 grant to SVS member for AI-based healthcare project
Last October, the University Pittsburgh’s Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute hosted its 10th Pitt Innovation Challenge (PinCh), providing a total of $550,000 in prizes,...
Corner Stich: Bridging knowledge gaps and meeting new demands of vascular surgical training
This month in Corner Stitch, we highlight a trainee-centric study presented at the 2023 Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) annual meeting held in Minneapolis,...
Obituary: Roger M. Greenhalgh (Feb. 6, 1941–Oct. 6, 2023)
Roger Malcolm Greenhalgh, MD, the surgeon internationally renowned for his unparalleled contribution to vascular education, training and research, died peacefully on Oct. 6. He...
EVS 2023: New data chart underrepresentation of women at the head of national clinical...
The underrepresentation of women vascular surgeons in national clinical trial leadership formed the central theme of data coming out of a new study that...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of September 2023
Last month, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist included data releases from the recent Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) using direct revascularization of segmental...
Preventing spinal cord ischemia: Novel techniques for direct segmental artery revascularization show promise, WVS...
A vascular surgery team from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles demonstrated the feasibility of multidisciplinary direct revascularization of segmental arteries...
When women are PIs: A story foretold on the vascular frontlines
“Multifactorial” issues persist in gender representation in vascular leadership and trial enrollment, leading women vascular surgeons tell Vascular Specialist.
"We would have fewer untoward side...
FDA clears AAA-SHAPE trial for IDE approval
Shape Memory Medical recently announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigational device exemption (IDE) for the company to begin a...
First US patient enrolled in SOCRATES short neck AAA trial
The first U.S. patient has been treated as part of the SOCRATES trial (Short neck AAA randomized trial—ESAR and FEVAR), which compares the safety...
Endovascular stablization system for infrarenal AAAs gains FDA Fast Track designation
Nectero Medical announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for the Nectero Endovascular Aneurysm Stabilization Treatment (Nectero EAST)...
‘FDA’s mission to bring safe and effective vascular surgery devices to market remains steadfast’
The Vascular and Endovascular Devices Team (VEDT) in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Cardiovascular Devices appreciates the Vascular Specialist editorial board's...
New study reports positive performance of AI-powered assessment of biomarkers for growth prediction of...
The characterization of aortic tissue by means of three key biomechanics-based biomarkers bundled into a compound Regional Areas of Weakness (RAW) Map showed “very...
Nectero Medical receives FDA clearance of IND application to initiate Phase II/III clinical trial...
Nectero Medical today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigational new drug (IND) clearance for the company to initiate...
SVS mourns death of Past President Kenneth Wayne Johnston
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) mourns the death of Kenneth Wayne Johnston, an SVS member, former president and recipient in 2009 of the...
Novel drug candidate for slowing AAA growth demonstrates safety in humans
The local delivery of a glucose-derived compound in small- and medium-sized abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) has been deemed safe, with “promising” early efficacy data...
Prediction model offers new option for forecasting AAA growth
A predictive model incorporating 3D shape features such as aneurysmal flow lumen and outer wall structure extracted from computed tomography (CT) imaging can improve...
Adding 8–12mm diameter devices to the Shockwave Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy toolkit
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Mazin Foteh, MD, contrasts the benefits of Shockwave Medical’s new Shockwave L6 Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy Catheter alongside those...
SVS Foundation announces 2023 student fellowship awards
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation has announced the winners of the 2023 Student Research Fellowship Awards.
The award is for undergraduate college and...
Five-year results of the LEOPARD trial published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery
Endologix has announced the online publication of the final five-year results of the LEOPARD trial in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS). The study's...
Corner Stitch: Spotlight on VESS 2023
This month, Corner Stitch highlights one of the papers recently presented at the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) 2023 winter meeting in Whistler,...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of April 2023
In April 2023, Vascular Specialist readers were drawn to an interview dissecting the role robotics play, and can play in the future, in vascular...
Women’s Vascular Summit 2023: The ‘changing’ landscape of AAAs in women
Since conducting an initial U.S. population-based study of gendered abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) trends spanning 40 years, Indrani Sen, MBBS, an assistant professor of...
May Vascular Research Initiatives Conference program takes shape
With an emphasis on cells—structural and immune—the program for the May 10 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) in Boston next month is taking shape.
VRIC...
Creating an AI-based tool to help clinicians perform precision AAA analysis
For University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, vascular surgeon Randy Moore, MD, the route to a world of precision care for individual abdominal aortic aneurysm...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of March 2023
In March 2023, the Vascular Specialist stories grabbing readers' attention were a response to a February letter addressing vascular surgeons' use of social media; an...
Short neck AAAs: ‘Choosing what is best for the patient’
Navigating cases of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with short neck anatomy poses a serious challenge to vascular surgeons, but the list of potential options...
Study highlights need for ‘continuous comparative assessments’ to guide endograft treatment decisions
A recent study comparing outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) patients has reported no statistically significant differences in mortality or secondary rupture rates between...
SCVS 2023: Four decades of AAAs in the US: Rare epidemiological study establishes women...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diagnosis and repair occurs among women almost 10 years later than in men—with similar age-adjusted mortality—the 2023 Society for Clinical...
Vesteck completes first-in-human use of several Suture-Tight devices
Vesteck scientific advisory board members along with key opinion leaders from around the world have successfully completed the first three in-human cases with the...
SVS launches web-based perioperative care guide
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched its “Management Guide on the Perioperative Care of Patients with Vascular Disease,” a multidisciplinary resource for...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of January 2023
In January 2023, most popular among the Vascular Specialist readers were several stories from the recent Southern Association for Vascular Surgery meeting, including a report of data shared to demonstrate...
SVS Foundation board approves latest pilot programs to help underserved
The SVS Foundation has awarded grants to two Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members to help them serve the underserved as part of the...
NIH funding for vascular surgeon-scientists: ‘We need more funded vascular surgeons and better coverage...
Presenting at the 2023 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Amin A. Mirzaie—a pre-medical student at Emory...
‘Unique’ vascular meeting set to update surgeons, prioritize audience debate
Prioritizing “entertaining and informative” sessions, the 29th Annual Pennsylvania Hospital Vascular Symposium and the 3rd Annual Pennsylvania Hospital/University of Pennsylvania Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory Symposium...
Viz.ai launches AI-powered Viz Vascular Suite
Viz.ai has announced the launch of Viz Vascular Suite—artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software enabling vascular care teams to automatically detect and triage care for suspected pulmonary...
Medtronic announces first enrollment in head-to-head global randomized trial evaluating durability of EVAR
Medtronic has announced the first patient enrollment in the ADVANCE trial, a head-to-head randomized controlled trial of two leading aortic stent graft systems, the...
ESVS AAA guidelines alert recommends ‘enhanced surveillance’ in patients treated with Nellix device
In a newly released “focused update” to their 2019 recommendations, the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) guidelines writing committee...
How a multidisciplinary team meets the complex challenges of fixing failed EVARs
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The Aortic Disease Program at Tampa General Hospital’s Heart & Vascular Institute is no stranger to the...
Endologix receives FDA approval of PMA supplement for AFX2 system
Endologix recently announced that it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a premarket approval (PMA) supplement relating to the AFX2 system.
According...
SVS 10-year research goals: Why create research priorities?
As was the case with the 2011 set, researchers hope the updated priorities will serve as a starting point to align research efforts within...
Eastern Vascular gathering challenged to forge next generation of evolution
Evolution was the core theme of the Presidential Address Robert Rhee, MD, delivered from the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) annual meeting stage in Philadelphia...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of October 2022
The most-read Vascular Specialist stories in October covered an investigation of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) timing presented at the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS)...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of September 2022
September's top stories featured news of a trial to evaluate women's experience of early endovascular aneurysm repair, and of a special women-focused edition...
Why 25 years of patient-centered innovation really matters
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One mainstay endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) device is celebrating not just a quarter century of being commercially available, but...
Interacting with EMR best practice advisory ‘significantly’ improves AAA screening rates
Positively interacting with best practice advisory notifications is correlated with an increased rate of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening, according to an analysis of...
Vascular surgeons step up for PAD awareness campaign in September
Walking is instrumental to keeping the 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body healthy—especially for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). That...
WVS 2022: Study probes who benefits from EVAR among patients with chronic kidney disease
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) represent a high-risk group who may not benefit from elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic...
Aortobifemoral grafting in the endovascular era: An exploration of the open procedure and its...
Aortobifemoral grafting for aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) probably remains “very safe” in the era of endovascular repair, according to the senior author behind a...
WARRIORS randomized trial aims to examine early EVAR in women
This month a multinational collaboration of researchers received endorsement from the Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum (GCRFF) Multinational Clinical Trials Initiative for the WARRIORS...
Black patients wait more than twice as long as White patients for rAAA repair,...
Black patients saw significantly delayed care for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs), with a Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) analysis showing a median time from hospital...
Shape Memory Medical completes enrollment in the AAA-SHAPE early feasibility study
Shape Memory Medical has announced the completion of patient enrollment in AAA-SHAPE, the company’s prospective, multicenter early feasibility safety study of the Impede-FX RapidFill...
Engaging with primary care providers ‘critically important’ to improving AAA screening
Matthew Mell, MD, has spent a lot of time looking into issues around screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). The problem, says the chief...
SVS Vascular Health Step Challenge asks surgeons to walk the walk
Most American adults take an average of 5,000 steps per day. In fact, this simple act—getting out and moving—can be the key to prevention...
New data suggest patients at AAA repair thresholds can be safely deferred
Data from the PROVE-AAA cluster-randomized trial (Preferences for open versus endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm) of a novel decision aid to assist...
Female sex is associated with reintervention and mortality following elective EVAR
Women are more likely to die within five years of having elective surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or need repeat surgery, according to...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist items of June 2022
June's top stories spanned a range of presentations from the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston (June 15–18), covering topics including burnout...
Jonathan Towne honored with SVS Lifetime Achievement Award
An “amazing clinician and leader.” Devoted to the specialty of vascular surgery. Investigator and researcher. Champion of the in-situ technique for lower-extremity bypass. Former...
Cydar Medical and King’s College London partner on randomized controlled trial of Cydar EV...
Cydar Medical has partnered with King’s College London to initiate the ARIA study—a randomized controlled trial to assess the clinical-, technical- and cost-effectiveness of...
Off-the-shelf branched endograft for TAAAs demonstrates safety and effectiveness through two years in both...
Two-year target vessel-related freedom from all-cause and aneurysm-related mortality for an off-the-shelf multibranched endovascular device for the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) came...
F/BEVAR has high technical success and low mortality in chronic post-dissection TAAA
Fenestrated/branched endovascular aneurysm repair (F/BEVAR) is associated with high technical success and low mortality in patients with chronic post-dissection thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (PD-TAAA). This...
Researchers report higher three-year amputation and reintervention rates in Black and Hispanic CLTI patients
In a study of over 7,000 chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients, researchers found that Black and Hispanic patients had higher three-year amputation and reintervention...
SVS special membership sections stage education sessions
For the first time, all those who are part of the five Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) membership sections have educational presentations geared specifically...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in May 2022
News on the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) ballots set to determine the next vice president and secretary, a hard-hitting column about vascular surgery's...
Urban or rural: Ensuring access to quality vascular care ‘no matter what’
Michael Dalsing, MD, talks to Vascular Specialist about how his formative years growing up in rural Wisconsin, as well as experience of operating in...
Cancer patients face greater risks from AAA repair
Elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair in patients with a cancer diagnosis is associated with several poor postoperative outcomes, according to a newly published study from researchers...
Less frequent post-EVAR surveillance might be safe in some patient groups, study suggests
Results from the multicenter, retrospective ODYSSEUS study carried out in The Netherlands suggest that less frequent surveillance after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) may be...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in March
Among the posts catching Vascular Specialist readers' eyes last month were the digital flipbook version of our March print edition, a new study looking...
Supply & demand: [Private] practice matters
Vascular surgeons in private practice could play a crucial role in alleviating one of the existential problems currently vexing the specialty: The training of...
Vascular Specialist–April 2022
In this issue:
In our April cover story, we report from the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) Annual Symposium on new evidence that...
Cook Medical receives FDA Breakthrough Device designation for Zenith Thoraco+ endovascular system
Cook Medical’s Zenith Thoraco+ endovascular system (Thoraco+) has received Breakthrough Device designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a press release reports.
The company...
F/BEVAR review reveals less than 20% of patients suffered intraoperative adverse event
A retrospective evaluation of 600 fenestrated or branched endovascular aneurysm repairs (F/BEVARs) for the treatment of complex aneurysms revealed that fewer than one in...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in February
February's top 10 includes a highlight from the 2022 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) winter annual meeting and an interview with Melissa Kirkwood,...
FDA advisory panel issues recommendations on lifelong surveillance for EVAR
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced it has issued a letter to healthcare providers emphasizing the importance of lifelong surveillance, including imaging,...
Sex discordance and postoperative outcomes: We should be vigilant of a real disparity in...
The recent JAMA Surgery publication “Association of surgeon-patient sex concordance with postoperative outcomes” is a population-based, retrospective cohort study of more than 1 million...
Study ‘supports’ SVS open AAA volume recommendations
A multicenter, retrospective database analysis suggests improved open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) outcomes when surgeon volume is greater than seven cases yearly and performed in...
Complex TAAA: US ARC IDE registry reports better survival vs. real-world data after endovascular...
Patients treated in Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved investigational device exemption (IDE) trials for complex thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) in the U.S. Aortic...
Interview: Combating the problem of spin, or overinterpretation, in RCTs
The presence of spin, or overinterpretation, in scientific papers that ultimately demonstrate statistically insignificant findings had been gnawing away at Thomas Forbes, MD, for...
ISET 2022 audience hears latest data on endovascular therapies
At this year’s International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET), being held Jan. 16–19 in Hollywood, Florida, experts presented an array of late-breaking trial results...
FDA issues updated safety communication on use of Endologix AFX endovascular grafts
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an updated safety communication on the use of Endologix AFX endovascular grafts. This update includes...
Canadian Vascular: Spin in RCTs
A large proportion of statistically nonsignificant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) yielded interpretations that were inconsistent with their results, according to an analysis of 31...
Clinical evaluation of robotic-assisted peripheral artery intervention in human completed
Aopeng Medical’s Allvas endovascular intervention surgical robot has successfully carried out a first-in-human clinical evaluation of a robot-assisted peripheral artery intervention of an iliac...
Open repair: In good hands?
The twin issues of center volumes for open AAA repair as well as training implications came under the spotlight at two recent regional vascular...
‘Female sex predicts reintervention after elective EVAR for AAA’
Females were found to be at greater risk of reintervention following elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) at both the...
Journey of a trainee surgeon-scientist: Mentorship, passion and the importance of parallel projects
In August, University of Michigan general surgery resident W. James Melvin, MD, picked up the coveted Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation Resident Research...
VEITH 2021: Researchers present ex vivo demonstration of fluoroscopy-free complex AAA stent placement
“I think this represents the beginning of the end of an era where we have to use lead to perform these procedures.” Those were...
VEITH 2021: Two-year follow-up data from EVAS2 IDE study delivered
The confirmatory EVAS2 clinical study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Endologix's Nellix endovascular aneurysm sealing system (EVAS) for the treatment of infrarenal...
Julie A. Freischlag becomes president of American College of Surgeons
Newly installed American College of Surgeons (ACS) President Julie A. Freischlag, MD, called for her fellow surgeons to apply the principles that underpin enhanced...
Sanford invents Breakthrough Device for TAAA
An investigational device invented at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that helps high-risk vascular disease patients has been granted a Breakthrough Device...
WVS 2021: Community surgeons report improved rAAA survival after adoption of EVAR-first approach
Overall survival improved from 71% to 80% after a group of community practice surgeons started using an endovascular-first approach to ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm...
Endologix launches randomized study of Alto EVAR device
Endologix today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company’s JAGUAR study to compare outcomes for the company’s Alto abdominal stent...
‘Do we need to do a better job of making devices that fit female...
It was a burning question posed from the conference floor, and it led to some approving social media nods in its aftermath: Does the...
Females were 30% less likely to undergo surgery for PAD, national database study finds
A review of more than 1 million patients receiving vascular surgery over a 16-year period identified significant sex-related disparities in the treatment of abdominal...
First patient enrolled in AAA-SHAPE Netherlands study
Shape Memory Medical has announced the initiation of AAA-SHAPE Netherlands, the company’s prospective, multicenter early feasibility study of the Impede-FX RapidFill device when used...
Annual Business Meeting—for members only
Attend Saturday’s Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Annual Business Meeting to participate in important Society business. This is SVS’ second Annual Business Meeting for...
VAM: Spotlight on Thursday
It’s Thursday and the Vascular Annual Meeting is in full swing. Here are some sessions today for you to consider, including the first Presidential...
Special session on diversity enters VAM agenda
Over the course of more than a year, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have been brought into sharp focus by a compendium of events...
Just 16% of US centers in VQI offer SVS guideline-compliant open repair for AAA,...
There is a stark downward trend in the number of U.S. centers in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) that meet the Society for Vascular...
Endologix receives FDA Breakthrough Device designation for ChEVAS system
Endologix announced the company’s ChEVAS (chimney endovascular aneurysm sealing) system has been granted a Breakthrough Device designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The...
Large study shows drop in AAA mortality ‘at faster rate than ever’
According to a new, population-based analysis, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) mortality has continued to decline and “at a faster rate than ever” in the...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in May
A pointed letter aimed at electronic health record (EHR) behemoth Epic, an argument in favor of endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs)...
VAM plans for San Diego shape up: ‘The June gloom will be history’
Registration for the live, in-person 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) has begun—and organizers promise you won’t want to miss the meeting.
VAM will be...
Lead vascular surgeon on first use of Fiber Optic RealShape in US hails advance
Vascular surgeons at the University of Massachusetts became the first in the United States to carry out procedures using the breakthrough imaging technology Fiber...
The top 10 most popular stories from April
Our April cover story on the links between electronic health records (EHRs) and physician burnout, the continuing problem of manels (or all-male speaking panels)...
Hitting the spot: EVAR for rAAA should be ‘treatment of choice’ in 2021
If the equipment and requisite skillset are available, and a patient’s anatomy is suitable, endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs)...
Plans revealed for pilot study on performance of EVAR for AAA in office-based labs
Details of a planned pilot study investigating the merits of performing endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) on abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in office-based labs (OBLs)...
Registry data show EVAR is safe, durable and effective out to five years
Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) is safe, durable and effective, the five-year interim results of the Global Registry for Endovascular Aortic Treatment (the GREAT registry)...
PAD: Endologix acquires PQ Bypass
Endologix recently announced completing the acquisition of PQ Bypass, a medical technology company pioneering a first-of-its-kind technology that addresses severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
PQ...
Emerging picture: VAM 2021 shaping up into blockbuster event
The moving pieces that comprise the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), set to take place Aug. 18–21 at the San Diego Convention Center, San...
Patients with AAAs who had COVID-19 may need ‘more frequent surveillance’ until better understanding...
Patients who have known abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), who may have had a COVID-19 infection, might need to have more frequent or a different...
US surgeons begin commercial use of Gore Excluder conformable AAA endoprosthesis with Active Control...
W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced the first use of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Gore Excluder conformable abdominal aortic aneurysm...
Details emerge on VRIC’s move to VAM 2021
In celebration of the 75th year of the SVS, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC), typically held in early May, is moving this...
‘Highly implementable’ price sheet strategy sparks cost reduction in vascular procedures
A simple cost reduction strategy implemented among providers in an academic vascular surgery practice yielded data demonstrating sometimes significant cost savings—in the case of...
First patient treated in the BeGraft FEVAR study aimed at providing evidence for on-label...
The first patient has been included in the BeGraft fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) study investigating the Bentley BeGraft peripheral balloon expandable covered stent...
Higher frailty scores linked to increased postoperative complications and mortality in veterans undergoing EVAR...
Higher frailty scores were associated with higher rates of postoperative complications and mortality among a national cohort of veteran patients who underwent endovascular aneurysm...
British AAA screening results show ‘considerable’ local variation in proportion of patients undergoing EVAR
The first detailed surgical results from the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (NAAASP) show that, over a seven-year period,...
EVAR improves one-year survival in octogenarians with AAAs, study finds
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in those 80-plus decreases one-year mortality rates compared to non-operative management, researchers at the University...
Surgeons discuss early efforts rolling out SVS Branding Toolkit
Two-and-a-half years back, when Kathryn E. Bowser, MD, joined her current institution as a vascular surgeon, a confluence of unfolding events led her to...
Pioneering Duke vascular surgeon Richard McCann dies
Richard McCann, MD, a vascular surgeon who reinvented his skills after the endovascular revolution in the 1990s and implanted the first endograft for an...
Treo IDE primary endpoint results announced
In the wake of approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Treo abdominal aortic stent-graft system for the treatment of patients...
Journal supplement outlines updated clinical practice guidelines, reporting standards
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is starting 2021 with updated clinical practice guidelines and reporting standards for three vascular conditions.
Guidelines on chronic mesenteric...
Target 2021: SVS councils and committees drill down on key goals for year ahead...
While there is little doubt the pandemic has impacted each vascular surgeon and the SVS as a Society in numerous ways, the commitment and...
Study of patients undergoing AAA repair suggests screening guidelines may be inadequate
A retrospective study analyzing approximately 55,000 patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair suggests current screening guidelines may be inadequate in detecting a significant...
Vascular surgery COVID-19 registry participants probe state of practice amid winter surge
The question of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on vascular practice continues to occupy members of the specialty. Contributors to a global vascular surgery registry...
Quality initiative: New pocket guides now available
New pocket guides of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) clinical practice guidelines and reporting standards are now available, with printed guides sent to...
Fund hope with the SVS Foundation
A gift to the SVS Foundation funds not just things—patient education fliers, research awards and community awareness projects—but also hope for a better future....
The power of groups: Invest in the SVS PAC
Humans are social animals, and, over time, they have found that their best times are spent in groups. We have just celebrated Thanksgiving, spending...
The benefits of an academic research career in the VA
Every year a number of graduating vascular trainees look for jobs in academic surgery to develop a career as a surgeon-scientist in basic, translational...
F-BEVAR performed on women shows ‘lower’ level of technical success
Fenestrated-branched endovascular aneurysm repair (F-BEVAR) for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) carried out on women “demonstrate metrics of increased complexity and have a lower level...
Study findings support SVS practice guidelines for surveillance of small AAAs
The low rate of events that occur in small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) supports continued ultrasound surveillance every three years for aneurysms that measure...
Frailty still strongly linked to mortality after EVAR for AAA
An analysis of the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) registry for elective abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) revealed that frailty continues to...
Diabetes Awareness Month: The utility of SVS branding fliers for diabetic foot ulcers
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. The Branding Toolkit can help SVS members promote the valuable care they provide those with the disease.
One of...
Anatomy of a branding campaign: Making vascular surgery more visible
Members asked; SVS listened. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched a Branding Toolkit to help its members brand the specialty in order...
Utilize new SVS Branding Toolkit
The new SVS Branding Toolkit—a robust set of tools designed to help members communicate their roles in comprehensive vascular care—is now available exclusively and...
‘Fundamental differences’ in outcomes after open AAA detected across three national registries
An investigation of differences in patient outcomes following open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) found in three national registries showed that mortality rates...
Freischlag elected as ACS president-elect
Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, the first female president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), will be the next president of the American College...
‘Nearly nothing’ in surgery will go untouched by AI, ACS Clinical Congress hears
Almost nothing will go untouched by artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and surgery, notably in the quickly evolving world of vascular and endovascular surgery,...
Study identifies new genetic factors associated with AAA risk
The American Heart Association (AHA) recently announced the publication of a study identifying 14 new genes linked to an increased risk of abdominal aortic...
Family history risk of AAA ‘increases incrementally’ based on degree of relation
There is an incremental increase in the risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) among those with a family history of the disorder based...
Preoperative risk score tool for rAAA 30-day mortality is accurate, new study finds
An entirely preoperative risk-scoring tool for the prediction of 30-day mortality after a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) was found to be accurate after...
VA system delivers high quality services for veterans
Vascular surgery in the Veterans Health Administration has always been a robust service, developing into a mature specialty around the time of the Vietnam...
Open repair linked to higher long-term survival in patients deemed off-label for EVAR
Open repair of aortic aneurysms is associated with higher long-term survival in patients who fall outside the confines of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) instructions...
First patient recruited into study on use of bridging stents in BEVAR procedures
The first patient has been recruited into a trial investigating the BeGraft peripheral plus stent graft system (Bentley InnoMed) as a dedicated bridging stent in...
‘Improving disparities in healthcare is not a matter of slapping some paint on something...
Andrew Gonzalez, MD, had a heart for underserved and under- resourced communities embedded early. The son of a pediatric hematologist mother who worked at...
VQI analysis finds endovascular repair of rAAA superior to open repair
A recent study examining the effect of operative approach on outcomes in patients presenting with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) demonstrated clear short- and...
Five-year survival after EVAR for ruptured AAA ‘improving’
“The relative survival benefit of EVAR over open repair has increased over time,” conclude Rens R.B. Varkevisser, BS, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,...
SPECIAL REPORT: Across the world—early impact of COVID-19 on vascular surgeons
COVID-19 has changed our world and surgical practices as vascular surgeons. We have been faced with unforeseen challenges, and the professional impact has been...
French study: Third-gen Anaconda endograft indicates satisfactory five-year exclusion
The third-generation Anaconda endograft from Terumo Aortic provides “high technical success” as well as “satisfactory” five-year aneurysm exclusion and clinical success rates, a French multicenter prospective observational study has...
Patients with large AAAs see higher five-year mortality with EVAR compared to open repair
Large abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is associated with higher adjusted five-year mortality, reintervention and rupture rates after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)—but not after...
JVS editors outline successes of past year
Submissions to the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) publications have skyrocketed over the course of 2020, increasing 78% thus far this year. Part of...
SVS ONLINE closing act: Looking into the future of vascular surgery
What’s ahead for vascular surgery? Many changes, both possible and confirmed, according to the final SVS ONLINE session, “Assuring quality in vascular surgical care:...
Endologix enters into agreement with Deerfield Partners to take company private
Endologix has announced that, after evaluating a variety of strategic options, it has initiated a voluntary Chapter 11 case and simultaneously filed a consensual...
Three weeks remain of VQI virtual sessions
SVS ONLINE—the virtual meeting staged by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)—may be completed, but the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) virtual sessions have three...
Cannabis use disorder linked to greater odds of perioperative myocardial infarction in vascular surgery...
Active cannabis use disorder was associated with significantly higher odds of perioperative myocardial infarction in vascular surgery patients, researchers reveal.
Furthermore, people with the disorder...
International Lecture: Endovascular colossus discusses new PAD therapy
A new therapy of hydration and oncotic pressure of plasma helped 100% of certain elderly peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients in terms of pain,...
Paper on EVAR for large AAAs named 2020 poster winner
Livia de Guerre, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has been named winner of this year’s poster contest. This year’s contest...
Vascular pioneer to present International Lecture next week
Renowned endovascular pioneer Juan C. Parodi, MD, will present the International Lecture at this year’s SVS ONLINE virtual meeting.
He will deliver his address, “Treating...
To drain or not to drain? That is the question
Improvements in techniques of distal organ protection decreased the risk of spinal cord injuries (SCIs) from 30% to <5% with open repair of extent...
SVS reports on vascular surgeon concerns over pandemic health impacts
Vascular surgeons from across the country are reporting health impacts on some patients—particularly elderly ones—in quarantine, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) reports. The...
Researchers: No benefit for doxycycline used to avoid surgery for AAA
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore found that patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)...
CX 2020 LIVE: Charing Cross Symposium unveils live, interactive digital event
The Charing Cross (CX) Symposium, with its world-class faculty and unique focus on live audience participation, has announced the launch of a not-to-be missed...
Registry launches pair of studies on vascular complications related to COVID-19
The new Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC) is ready to start collecting data on two projects.
The first study to emerge from the international registry,...
Access JVS collection of papers on COVID-19
The editors of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) group of publications have launched a freely available COVID-19 collection across the JVS family of...
‘Excellent’ long-term results after EVAR using Endurant stent graft in 180 AAA patients
Results from a real-world experience over more than 10 years using the Endurant stent graft (Medtronic) demonstrate that it is safe and effective,...
Open AAA repair volume appears to be more impactful on outcomes than years of...
PALM BEACH, Fla.— The more open aortic repair (OAR) case volume vascular surgeons take on, the more it seems to be “impactful” on OAR...
Of moral distress, coronavirus and implications for burnout
Moral distress has been described as “as a phenomenon in which one knows the right action to take but is constrained from taking it.”1...
Prominent Seattle hospital issues COVID-19 clinical practice guidelines for vascular surgery
A prominent hospital operating on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington state has released a set of clinical practice guidelines for vascular...
Letter from Seattle: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, time to act is long past due
SEATTLE—We live in unprecedented times. On Jan. 19, patient zero arrived in the United States at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after returning from a visit...
New registry to keep track of vascular patients launched
A registry to track management of new patients who are being treated medically for a number of vascular diseases has been launched by the...
Updated USPSTF recommendations on screening for AAAs remain faithful to 2014 guidance, adding new...
Updated recommendations on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) remain consistent with the 2014 guidance while incorporating new evidence.
The United States Preventive Services Task...
Elevated risk of AAAs among individuals suffering depression post-risk factor adjustment discovered in HUNT...
People with depressive symptoms have a significantly higher risk of incident abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) after adjustments for established risk factors, a study published...
Sternbergh: On his journey of self-awareness, overcoming tragedy and achieving work-life balance
PALM BEACH, Fla.—In an address that ran the gamut of emotions—from success to tragedy and back again—W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD, may have delivered...
‘No evidence’ to suggest spinal cord injury is decreased by prophylactic drainage during EVAR...
MIAMI—Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage is a key component in the treatment of spinal cord injury but the evidence that prophylactic drainage decreases such injury...
Latest edition of USPSTF guidance produces essential reiteration, continuing to leave many patients at...
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released an update to their 2014 abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening recommendations. The update is...
CMS publishes 2020 round of coding changes for vascular surgeons
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided some light reading with the publication of the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Hospital Outpatient...
Meta-analysis: Translumbar embolization is superior to transarterial procedure in treatment of post-EVAR type II...
Translumbar embolization had a greater technical efficacy than its transarterial equivalent in the treatment of type II endoleaks after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), according...
Dramatic decline in open AAA repair training among trainees stokes strong concern over future...
NEW YORK—The dramatic shift away from open surgery toward an endovascular approach has landed vascular practice at a stark crossroads, attendees at the VEITHsymposium...
AAA diameter could have crucial implications for patient outcomes
The diameter of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) may have an important clinical impact on patient outcomes, according to a study of cases contained...
Is Surveillance Futile for Small AAAs in the Very Elderly?
To determine the necessity of permanent monitoring of small aortic aneurysms in the elderly, Mark Rockley, MD, of the Ottawa Hospital and his colleagues...
Endofill and the ‘last editorial’
This marks my last editorial as medical editor of Vascular Specialist. It has been more than a privilege to have been offered this position....
A Six-Year Review of the First U.S. Vascular Simulation Course
Duty hour restrictions, changing training paradigms, and diminishing open surgical case volumes have caused dramatic shifts in the vascular trainee experience, according to Malachi...
I am not your burnout expert
Look, I am not a burnout expert. And neither are you (presumably). None of us know much, but that won’t stop the regulations from...
Black Americans Are Younger, Sicker and at Higher Risk When Faced with Major Vascular...
“BLACK PATIENTS PRESENT WITH MORE SEVERE VASCULAR DISEASE AND A GREATER BURDEN OF RISK FACTORS THAN WHITE PATIENTS AT TIME OF MAJOR VASCULAR INTERVENTION.”...
Point/Counterpoint: Should FEVAR be used for a short neck?
FEVAR is generally the best option
The advent of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) has steadily become the standard of care in the management of...
Veterans’ AAA Screening July 22-25; SFS Foundation a Sponsor as Part of Its Expanded...
The SVS Foundation is helping sponsor free abdominal aortic aneurysm screenings for veterans at the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ national convention in New Orleans...
Session to Spotlight Key Research Papers
VAM attendees have the opportunity to learn about several medical journal articles of relevance to their vascular surgery practice during a session on Saturday.
Entitled...
Highlights from new guidelines, and a chance to weigh in
Though the Society for Vascular Surgery has long published clinical practice guidelines, its 2017 annual meeting marks the first seminar dedicated to guidelines in...
Point/Counterpoint: Is endograft PAA repair durable?
Endovascular repair is durable
Endovascular repair of popliteal artery aneurysms is vastly superior to all other previous techniques of popliteal aneurysm repair. Half of all...
News from JVS: Western Vascular Society Adopts Transfer Guidelines
Because of challenges involved in transferring patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms from one facility to another, the Western Vascular Society has adopted a...
Focus on Research: Open or Endovascular? Study Seeks Veterans’ Preferences
If veterans who need abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery are fully versed in both open and endovascular procedures, will they be happier with their choice?
To...
VAM ’17 Will Be a ‘Spectacular Meeting’
Participants at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) have lots more to look forward to than sunny skies, beaches and palm trees. A number of...
Should clopidogrel be discontinued prior to open vascular procedures?
The continued use of perioperative clopidogrel is appropriate
Surgeons have always worried about bleeding risks for procedures we do. Complex vascular procedures are further complicated...
Commentary: Should board exams include a technical skill assessment? A European perspective
The incidence of vascular diseases is steadily increasing because of an aging population. Vascular surgery is the only specialty that can offer all modalities...
Tracking the Decline of AAA Repair in the United States
Has the advent of branched-fenestrated aortic endografts increased the number of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repairs due to patients who otherwise would not be...
Charting the Benefits of AAA Screening in England
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) in England has invited around 1.3 million 65-year-old men for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening since 2009....
Hospital volume found linked to EVAR success
Higher hospital and surgeon volumes have been found to be correlated with improved outcomes after open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). However, the...
General surgeons getting less vascular training
Vascular surgery fellow case logs reflect an increase in endovascular interventions, but general surgery residents may be missing out on training opportunities, according to...
Industry-Supported Satellite Symposia Offered at VAM
Vascular Annual Meeting attendees are invited to the satellite symposia offered by industry, including three breakfast sessions on Thursday, June 9. These sessions are...
STS Invites SVS Members to Session
SVS members are invited to discover common ground between vascular and cardiothoracic surgeons in treating cardiovascular problems at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ 52nd...
SVS Med Student Group Members Assist at AAA Screening
With the help of medical students affiliated with an SVS student group, 15 people were identified with potential vascular issues – including six with...
Sept. JVS: Vascular surgeons do higher percentage of AAA repairs
The impact of endovascular repair on specialties performing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Klaas H. J. Ultee, BSc,Rob Hurks, MD, PhD, Dominique B. Buck, MD,...
Mortality, outcomes good in AAA repair in octogenarians
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.– Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients 80 years and older can be performed safely and with good medium-term survival rates, a prospective...
Last night I had a nightmare
In the dream I had an asymptomatic 5.7-cm juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. Like most of my patients I also had a 70% left internal...
EVAR vs. open repair for rAAAs
Although some vascular surgeons are convinced that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is superior to open repair for the treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms...
Pioneer Heart Surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey
Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, pioneer heart surgeon and medical device innovator, died July 11, 2008 in Houston, about 2 months shy of his 100th...
Success of Recent VRIC
More than 100 investigators, students, and trainees with an interest in translational research attended the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) in Toronto. Held one...
PVSS is now VESS -The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society
Nearing 40 years of continued service to its membership, the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society at its annual meeting elected a change in the society...
The issue of medical frailty
With people aged 65 and over making up the fastest growing segment of the US population, medical frailty – and its attendant increase in...
Challenges in Training: Open repair in 2020
Since FDA approval of endovascular aneurysm repair in 1999, the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms has transformed. Only 5.2% of AAAs were repaired by...
Veith’s Views: The Blacksnake Phenomenon
Two young men went camping in the wilderness. One of them went off to gather firewood. He returned an hour later, staggering, badly battered,...
SVS Resident Research Prize given to AAA study
Dr. Nathan D. Airhart, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, was the recipient of this year’s SVS Foundation Resident Research Prize Paper, which...
Vascular Chronicles: EVAR: 20 years in North America
The first endovascular treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR) in North America was performed 20 years ago last November. Dr. Juan Parodi, Dr....
The Prince of Surgery: Sir Astley Cooper
Imagine ligating an arterial aneurysm in the early 1800s, when clipper ships were the fastest mode of transport. Thomas Jefferson was still President and...
New Vascular Health Fliers Available
Five new patient education fliers have been added to the online practice management toolkit at www.VascularWeb.org. Written in layman’s terms, the new vascular health...
Rudolph Matas, M.D.
Rudolph Matas, M.D, is yet another of the famous surgeons of the past 2 centuries to whom the sobriquet "father of Vascular Surgery" has...
Michael E. DeBakey
Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, pioneer heart surgeon and medical device innovator, died July 11, 2008, in Houston, about 2 months shy of his 100th...
SVS Vascular Quality Initiative® Rapidly Expanding
The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) launched the Vascular Quality Initiative® (VQI) in February 2011. Today, VQI has more than 160 participating centers with...
The Value of Regional Collaboration in the SVS Vascular Quality Initiative®
The Vascular Quality Initiative® surpassed 150 participating centers in March 2012. As the initiative continues to grow, so does the number of organized regional...
Veith’s Viewpoint: The Vascular Disease Paradox
Vascular patients who most need treatment are often difficult and risky to treat by open operation or an endovascular intervention. In contrast, patients who...
A Brief History of the New SVS
The modern SVS is a vibrant blend of two rich historical and co-evolving traditions – the original SVS and the American Association for Vascular...
Three Winners Chosen for SVS Poster Competition
A moderated poster competition took place at the 2011 Vascular Annual Meeting. Accepted abstracts selected by the SVS Program Committee for poster presentation went...
Vascular Health Makes Headlines in Chicago
In the weeks leading up to 2011 Vascular Annual Meeting®, June 16-18, in Chicago, the Find the AAAnswers public education program conducted a media...
Find the AAAnswers at Vascular Annual Meeting
Professional football legend Joe Theismann will speak at noon on Saturday, June 18 at the Vascular Annual Meeting® in Room 354b. Due to his...
Vascular Surgery Chronicles: Michael E. DeBakey
Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, pioneer heart surgeon and medical device innovator, died July 11, 2008, in Houston, about 2 months shy of his 100th...
The kids are alright
“I know I gotta get away and I know if I don’t, I’ll go out of my mind; better leave her behind with the...
Gore receives CE mark for lower profile Viabahn VBX endoprosthesis
Gore has announced recent CE mark of a lower profile Viabahn VBX balloon expandable endoprosthesis (VBX stent graft).
Medical Device Regulation (MDR) approval of this...
Class of 2024–25: VQI announces third annual set of Fellowship in Training Program awardees
The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Patient Safety Organization’s Fellowship in Training (FIT) Program has announced its third class of FIT participants for 2024–25 alongside...
SVS Women’s Section delves into vascular trauma treatment intricacies amid ‘paucity of literature’
“Life over limb”—that was one of the key messages to emerge from the VAM 2024 SVS Women’s Section session that placed a lens over...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of June 2024
In June, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist included key reports from the 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM; June 19–22) covering TEVAR, CEA...
Analysis will kickstart conversation on F/BEVAR outcomes
New data presented during Friday's Plenary Session 6 (10–11 a.m. in the West Building, Skyline Ballroom) will shed light on trends in the adoption...
UK-COMPASS: Aortas, open surgical skills and gratitude
As you read this, you are probably wondering why the heck I am writing an editorial on complex aortic aneurysms when you know I...
UK-COMPASS: Aortas, open surgical skills and gratitude
As you read this, you are probably wondering why the heck I am writing an editorial on complex aortic aneurysms when you know I...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of April 2024
In April, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist include new research on Chat generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) technology and its application within vascular...
Redemption through perseverance
In the late 1970s, a neurosurgeon at New York’s St. Luke’s Hospital operated on a beautiful, young, rising soprano who studied opera at a...
Bias and the silver bullet: Gender partiality seen within AI algorithms for AAA identification
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a central focus within various spheres, from commerce to medicine—including applications in patient care. Sharon Kiang, MD, talks to...
‘Vigilant’ surveillance and low threshold for further interventions ‘crucial’ following rescue of prior EVAR...
The findings of a recent study on reinterventions and sac dynamics after fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) with a physician-modified endograft (PMEG) for index...
Five-year outcomes of ESAR in patients with short neck
Cohort analysis shows no migrations, a low rate of ruptures, and positive sac regression, researchers say.
Five-year outcomes in patients with short neck abdominal aortic...
Vascular surgeons: The ‘oncologists’ of the surgical arena
Like any good presentation I feel obligated to start with my disclosures: 1) I am married to a woman who decided to pursue a...
VEITHsymposium to include world federation session
The World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS) is set to hold a session in November during the VEITHsymposium in New York City. The 90-minute session...
No time like the present: The moral imperative for advocacy in vascular surgery
“I’m so sorry but we have to cancel your surgery”—10 words any warm-blooded surgeon dreads uttering. This time around, it was not for the...
‘Endovation’: Guidelines from the front lines
Among the highlights from the “‘Endovation’—Endovascular Innovation for Urgent and Emergency Complex Aortic Disorders” session coming up at the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM)...
Significant reintervention after F-BEVAR ‘does not negatively impact survival’
Patients who underwent reinterventions after fenestrated and branched endovascular aneurysm repair (F-BEVAR) had improved long-term survival over those who did not undergo a secondary...
It is time to end the interview
INTERVIEWER: “Good morning, nice to meet you. Are you going to get pregnant?” While this may seem like a shocking way to begin a...
‘Radiation will be a thing of the past’
Discussion during the opening day of the Charing Cross (CX) 2021 Digital Edition emphasized the potential of Philips’ Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology to...
‘Poor long-term survival’ following explantation of an infected endograft
Paolo Perini, MD, of the University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy, told the audience of SVS ONLINE (June 20–July 2) that explantation of an...
Von Liebig Forum part of SVS ONLINE opening day
The Vascular Annual Meeting’s scientific sessions traditionally kick off on the Thursday of VAM—opening day of the scientific sessions—with the William J. von Liebig...
Letters to the Editor: ‘Endo hubris’ – We got letters
To the Editor:
Thank you for your article, “Endo Hubris.” Your observations raise many deeper issues in our specialty of vascular surgery. It appears we...
VAM 2017 Features Alliances and Teamwork
This year’s Vascular Annual Meeting could be subtitled: “The Year of Inter-Society Collaboration.”
Last year, joint sessions with specialty societies that have overlapping interests proved...
Open vs. endovascular for chronic mesenteric ischemia
Chronic mesenteric ischemia is best treated in an open operation.
Chronic mesenteric ischemia is a rare disorder accounting for about 1 out of 100,000 admissions.1...
Just do it?
The typical American world view has always extolled the virtues of positive thinking. From the pilgrim fathers to the Western settlers, we pursued goals...
Future challenges for vascular surgeons
How does one talk about the future? We start with a look at our recent past. We looked at our recent work in five...
