Jocelyn Hudson
MVSS 2025: Gore iliac branch device ‘equally effective’ in both IDE...
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...
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...
FDA deems Envveno’s VenoValve ‘not-approvable’
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a letter to Envveno Medical stating that its VenoValve technology is "not-approvable," a company press release...
‘Critical’ importance of lifelong surveillance after EVAR headlines newly published 10-year...
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...
First patient enrolled in AngioDynamics’ AMBITION BTK trial for CLTI
AngioDynamics today announced enrollment of the first patient in AMBITION BTK, a randomized study of the Auryon atherectomy system in patients with below-the-knee chronic...
Danish study suggests patients with AAA could benefit from high-dose statin...
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...
Researchers examine safety of prophylactic spinal fluid drainage in open 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...
ATEV shows promise in high-risk patients on hemodialysis
Results from the CLN-PRO-V007 pivotal phase 3 clinical trial of the acellular tissue engineered vessel (ATEV; Humacyte) in arteriovenous access for patients at high...
Award-winning basic science research targets ‘highly complex’ process of vascular calcification
“We were really excited to know that the SVS is supporting our research,” Sujin Lee, MD, told Vascular Specialist on receiving the SVS Foundation...
‘Rise together’: Harris urges unity in Women’s Vascular Summit presidential address
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vice President Linda Harris, MD, extolled the values of “co-elevation” in her presidential address at the 7th annual Women’s...
Increased experience with off-the-shelf TAAA endograft sees reduction in complications but...
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...
New THRIVE data on CAVT technology for acute limb ischemia show...
Recent THRIVE study data show that Penumbra’s computer-assisted vacuum thrombectomy (CAVT) technology not only has the potential to improve outcomes for lower extremity acute...
Two-year data show continued clinical improvement with VenoValve
Implantation of the VenoValve (enVVeno Medical) continues to promote stabilization of symptoms in patients with deep venous reflux at two-year follow-up. This is the...
Vascular Specialist@VAM Conference Edition 3
In this issue:
Transatlantic multicenter experience highlights effectiveness of total endovascular aortic repair with F/BEVAR but 5% risk of major stroke
SVS president will...
Transatlantic multicenter experience highlights effectiveness of total endovascular aortic repair with...
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...
Greenberg Lecture encourages ‘move beyond’ binary aortic disease classification
Sherene Shalhub, MD, set out a new biologically informed framework that “captures the diverse spectrum of arterial fragility and repair outcomes across inherited and...
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...
Cost-effectiveness outcomes defy expectations in latest BEST-CLI data drop
The open surgical approach will prove to be “slightly superior” to endovascular intervention in terms of cost per life year gained, while the latter...
Reality check: Study brings ‘significant’ gap between randomized and real-world vascular...
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...
Carotid endarterectomy outperforms stenting amid overuse of both procedures in 10-year...
A retrospective, nationwide cohort study has revealed carotid endarterectomy (CEA) performed better than carotid artery stenting (CAS) in France over the course of a...
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...
Imperative Care expands Symphony thrombectomy portfolio with new FDA approval
Imperative Care today announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the 82cm version of its Symphony 16F catheter, the company’s latest innovation...
EVC 2025: Multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder efforts key to setting venous disease research...
Addressing the audience at the 28th European Vascular Course (EVC 2025) in Maastricht, The Netherlands (March 9–11), Ulka Sachdev-Ost, MD, from the University of...
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...
Study highlights declining venous stent patency rates after one year
A systematic review and meta-analysis of over 1,500 venous stenting procedures—said to be the first study on this topic to date—has highlighted an 18%...
Researchers develop machine learning models to predict IVC filter complications
Researchers in Canada have developed machine learning (ML) models that they claim, “can accurately predict one-year IVC filter complications, performing better than logistic...
FDA approves Humacyte’s Symvess for vascular trauma
Humacyte recently shared that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a full approval for the Symvess acellular tissue-engineered vessel.
A press release notes...
Venous VQI celebrates decade milestone
At the recent VEITHsymposium (Nov. 19–23) in New York City, Marc Passman, MD, reflected on the achievements of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)...
In search of the ‘holy grail’: New analysis brings aneurysm rupture...
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...
Endothermal ablation significantly outperforms surgery for varicose veins in long-term randomized...
Ten-year data from the randomized HELP trial show that, while both endothermal ablation and conventional surgery are effective treatments for great saphenous varicose veins...
BIO-OSCAR SOC trial examines standard of care in PAD treatment
Biotronik today announced that it has concluded the BIO-OSCAR SOC study evaluating the baseline against which to measure the Oscar multifunctional catheter in treating complex...
Microbot Medical announces FDA submission for commercialization of Liberty endovascular robotic...
Microbot Medical recently announced that it has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Liberty endovascular robotic...
First patient enrolled in InspireMD’s CGUARDIANS II pivotal study
InspireMD today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company’s CGUARDIANS II clinical trial evaluating its CGuard Prime carotid stent system in...
Innovation in vascular surgery: Balancing progress with patient safety
A debate at this year's European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS 2024) annual meeting (Sept. 24–27) in Kraków, Poland, centered on innovation in vascular...
One-year data from VenoValve US pivotal trial emerges
Envveno Medical has announced that it will present one-year data on all patients from the VenoValve US pivotal trial today at the VEITHsymposium (19–23 November, New York,...
Research suggests arm vein is the best alternative bypass conduit to...
A new analysis has found arm vein to be the most suitable alternative conduit to great saphenous vein (GSV) in chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)...
New analysis shows patients treated with Penumbra’s CAVT technology for PE...
Penumbra has announced new data that demonstrate patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with Penumbra's computer-assisted vacuum thrombectomy (CAVT) technology have a shorter...
FDA grants R3 Vascular IDE approval for ELITE-BTK pivotal trial of...
R3 Vascular today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigational device exemption (IDE) approval to initiate its ELITE-BTK pivotal trial...
CMS grants transitional pass-through payment for Medtronic’s Symplicity Spyral and Recor’s...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted transitional pass-through (TPT) payment for Medtronic's Symplicity Spyral renal denervation (RDN) catheter and Recor...
TCT 2024: One-year data from SIRONA trial show similar results for...
Data from the prospective, multicentre, investigator-initiated SIRONA randomised clinical trial demonstrated MagicTouch (Concept Medical) sirolimus-coated balloons to be noninferior compared to paclitaxel-coated balloons with...
SVS launches Highway to Health campaign to help people maintain vascular...
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...