Killian Meara
SVS Foundation Awards Grant to Study Pregnancy Outcomes, PAD Risk
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation has awarded its Vascular Care for the Underserved (VC4U) Project Grant to a study examining the link...
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...
Thomas Fogarty, cardiovascular surgeon and medical technology pioneer, dies
Thomas J. Fogarty, MD, a dedicated surgeon and trailblazing innovator who revolutionized medical technology when he created the first ever minimally invasive surgical device,...
Blood pressure control critical following PAD revascularization, study shows
A recent study suggests vascular surgeons may be overlooking a crucial element of post-procedural care: blood pressure management. The data, presented at the 2026...
Vascular Specialist–January/February 2026
In this issue:
Female surgeons still have lower case volumes when compared to men
VQI-VISION analysis shows premature PAD patients have higher amputation risk
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Premature PAD tied to higher amputation rates
Patients with premature peripheral arterial disease (PAD) face a significantly increased risk of mid- and late-term major amputation, according to a new analysis of...
Meta-analysis: Drug-coated devices show comparable aggregate outcomes to non-drug-coated devices in...
Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty appears to offer similar benefits as plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA), with or without stenting, for patients with chronic limb-threatening...
‘The patient is there to see me and my face’: Making...
Matthew Corriere, MD, believes a major shift is needed in how clinicians communicate and make decisions with their patients. During the 2025 distinguished address...
NESVS 2025: Alik Farber takes over as New England Society for...
Alik Farber, MD, surgeon-in-chief at Boston Medical Center and James Utley professor and chair of surgery at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of...
TADV without venous branch coiling still yields strong limb salvage rates...
Transcatheter arterialization of deep veins (TADV) done without the coiling of venous outflow branches achieved sufficient distal perfusion after three months among “no-option” chronic...