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Deadline extension: VRIC 2023 abstracts now due Jan. 18
The Jan. 11 deadline to submit research abstracts on vascular disease and treatment for the 2023 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) has been extended to Jan. 18 due to a high volume of requests. With early-bird registration anticipated to open…
SVS webinar on 3D printing showcases how technology could affect current and future practice
The recording of the Society for Surgery (SVS) webinar on three-dimensional (3D) printing in vascular surgery is now available on the SVS website. The SVS Health Information Technology Committee (HIT) held the webinar, “3D Printing for Vascular Imaging,” in December…
Penumbra launches Lightning Flash mechanical thrombectomy system
Penumbra have announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and launch of its Lightning Flash mechanical thrombectomy system. “Lightning Flash features Penumbra’s novel Lightning intelligent aspiration technology, now with dual clot detection algorithms,” the company notes in a press release,…
Medicare payments: Congress fails to #StopTheFullCut
Despite intense pressure from the entire healthcare provider community, Congress failed to include provisions in its year-end legislative package to fully prevent Medicare payment cuts that took effect Jan. 1. The package—negotiated by congressional leadership—includes adjustments for the Medicare Conversion…
Envision, private equity and patient care: Substituted values 2.0
He was only 41, already burdened with multiple health problems. Diabetes, hypertension and renal failure had put him on dialysis, caused the amputation of his left leg, and now left him with poor circulation in his right leg. Signs of…
Summit dedicated to tackling key issues related to women’s vascular health and female workforce seeks to ‘enable and empower’
Linda Harris, MD, is a prolific attendee on the national and regional vascular meeting circuit, a noteworthy academic vascular surgeon with trainees and papers on the scientific session plate, and a curious questioner of new research offered up from the…
Vascular community starts process of wrestling with findings from BEST-CLI
One of the earliest multispecialty public gatherings of the vascular community following the release of the first results from the BEST-CLI randomized controlled trial (RCT) raised some of the early fault lines developing between different interpretations of the study’s key…
Learning culture, errors and Melinda French Gates
Workplace culture is fascinating to observe because it is nebulous and hard to measure. There is also often a perceived gap between the existing and the intended culture in terms of how the organization deals with human errors or unintended…
Varicose vein registry analysis finds women benefit from endovenous ablation with fewer complications
An evaluation of the Vascular Quality Initiative’s (VQI) Varicose Vein Registry (VVR) carried out by the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) has found women to benefit similarly from endovenous ablation as men, but that they experience fewer complications post-procedure. The…
Meta-analysis of PTS finds one in five at risk of long-term symptoms following isolated distal DVT
A meta-analysis is first to report the pooled risk of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) after isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Researchers revealed a one-in-five risk of long-term PTS after isolated distal DVT, with one in 50 patients progressing to severe…