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SVN offers vascular nurses a professional home
Vascular patients are complex, their conditions are often invisible to the untrained eye and the nurses who care for them are too frequently working without a specialized community to lean on. The Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) was built to…
Robotics points to the next era of vascular surgery
Robotic surgery could allow vascular surgeons to combine the durability of open reconstruction with a minimally invasive approach, but wider adoption will require dedicated training pathways and experience, according to Charu Bavare, MD, of Huston Methodist Hospital. During a session…
ROADSTER 3 analysis explores role of TCAR in asymptomatic carotid disease
The CREST-2 trial provided important new evidence on carotid revascularization in asymptomatic patients, but it left one question unanswered: Where does transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) fit? A new analysis from the ROADSTER 3 trial offers a direct look at that…
VQI analysis highlights impact of PAD on dialysis access outcomes
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a strong predictor of poor outcomes after hemodialysis access creation, according to a recent study led by Mahmoud Malas, MD, using data from the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI). Vascular Specialist spoke with Malas about the…
Frailty raises amputation, mortality risk after PAD revascularization
Vascular surgeons know that frailty complicates recovery after lower-extremity revascularization. A new study puts precise numbers on exactly how much it costs patients, even after adjusting for age and comorbidities. The findings, published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, come…
Study supports routine vein mapping before CLTI revascularization
Many patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) have suitable great saphenous vein (GSV) for bypass surgery, according to research published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery. The findings highlight the importance of routine vein mapping before revascularization. The study was…
Poverty plays growing role in major amputation risk
Major lower extremity amputations were once heavily concentrated in a narrow band of under-resourced, safety-net hospitals. A three-decade national study now shows that burden has spread well beyond those settings and that poverty is a more powerful predictor of limb…
From reactive to proactive: CHAMPIONS builds nationwide effort around PAD prevention
“We’ve always approached peripheral artery disease in a very reactive way in that we wait for a patient to show up in our office or the emergency room with claudication, rest pain or gangrene and only then do we intervene,…
Broader advocacy efforts are needed to address workforce, payment challenges
Innovation in vascular surgery goes beyond new devices and procedures. It also requires new approaches to advocacy in a health care system increasingly shaped by consolidation, workforce shortages and shifting employment models. That was the central message from Margaret Tracci,…
Study links clopidogrel genetic variants to cardiovascular risk after PAD intervention
Genetic variants that reduce the effectiveness of clopidogrel may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients undergoing peripheral artery disease (PAD) interventions, according to research presented at VAM 2026. The study found that around one in five…