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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 between reproductive history and peripheral artery disease (PAD). The project, titled “Linking Reproductive History to Vascular Health:…
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 abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. The data were presented at the 2026 annual meeting of the…
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, died peacefully on Dec. 28, 2025. He was 91. Born on Feb. 25, 1934, in Cincinnati,…
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 annual meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) in Paradise Island, the Bahamas (Jan.…
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 the linked Vascular Quality Initiative and Medicare dataset (VQI-VISION). The research was presented at the 2026…
Meta-analysis: Drug-coated devices show comparable aggregate outcomes to non-drug-coated devices in CLTI
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 ischemia (CLTI) who are undergoing endovascular femoropopliteal segment lower extremity revascularization, according to new meta-analysis data…
‘The patient is there to see me and my face’: Making shared decision-making central to vascular care
Matthew Corriere, MD, believes a major shift is needed in how clinicians communicate and make decisions with their patients. During the 2025 distinguished address given at the New England Society for Vascular Surgery (NESVS) annual meeting in Providence, Rhode Island…
NESVS 2025: Alik Farber takes over as New England Society for Vascular Surgery president
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 Medicine, is the new president of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery (NESVS). Farber took…
TADV without venous branch coiling still yields strong limb salvage rates among ‘no-option’ CLTI patients
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 limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients, according to results from a study published in the Journal of Vascular…