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EVC 2025: Multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder efforts key to setting venous disease research priorities
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 Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, set out a method to ensure limited funding is…
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 age of 79. At the time of her death, Powell was professor of vascular biology and medicine…
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% drop in primary patency rates after one-year follow-up with declining rates beyond 12 months. As a…
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 [inferior vena cava] filter complications, performing better than logistic regression”. Writing in the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL), Ben…
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 that Symvess is indicated for use in adults as a vascular conduit for extremity arterial…
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) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) venous arm, in collaboration with the American Venous Forum (AVF), since its…
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 vascular surgeon at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada, who, at the 2024 VEITHsymposium (Nov.…
Endothermal ablation significantly outperforms surgery for varicose veins in long-term randomized trial
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 at 10 years, the former was associated with superior clinical and quality-of-life (QoL) outcomes. These findings…
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 peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The outcomes were presented at the Paris Vascular Insights (PVI) course 2024…
Microbot Medical announces FDA submission for commercialization of Liberty endovascular robotic system
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 system. A press release details that Liberty is the world’s first single-use, fully disposable robotic system…