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Missing a step? Searching for meaning in claudication research
A team of leading vascular surgeons in the care of patients with PAD weigh up evidence for the treatment of claudication, calling for research focused on clarifying who should be revascularized, and who should continue with medical management and exercise…
Esprit BTK: Drug-eluting resorbable scaffold poised as first-line therapy for below-the-knee CLTI
This advertorial is sponsored by Abbott. “We now have something on label and FDA [Food and Drug Administration] approved that we can use as a first-line therapy for tibial vessels,” Richard Pin, MD, chief of vascular surgery at Southcoast Health…
A story foretold: The AMA, Ed Annis, Medicare and the loss of physician autonomy
In 1979, after three years of group practice, I opened an office as a solo vascular surgeon. With a wife, three children and a mortgage to support, the move was gutsy. To survive, no referral was too small, no operation…
Lightning Bolt 7 technology sets the pace for clot removal
Shockwave L6 catheter expands treatment options for large-vessel cases
Shockwave L6 catheter achieves ‘almost pristine’ result in challenging case
Intraoperative Positioning System (IOPS): Navigation technology to reduce radiation exposure and improve accuracy during complex aortic procedures
This video is sponsored by Centerline Biomedical. Matthew Eagleton, MD, chief in the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is joined by fellow vascular surgeons Francis Caputo, MD, vascular surgery director of the Cleveland…
TCAR has ‘tremendous appeal’ as alternative to transfemoral carotid artery stenting
This video is sponsored by Silk Road Medical. Richard Powell, MD, from Lebanon, New Hampshire, talks to Vascular Specialist at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Annual Meeting (SVS VAM; June 15–18) in Boston about his initial interest in the…
APDVS prepares for ACGME Next Accreditation system
More than 150 program directors and residency coordinators attended the recent spring meeting of the Association for Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS). The focus of the meeting was an update on the implementation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate…