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The ABS-VSB: Extolling the virtues of vascular surgery’s independent board
The evolutionary process by which vascular surgery became a bona fide independent discipline has much to thank the American Board of Vascular Surgery (ABVS), but the specialty’s certification interests are now fully met by the American Board of Surgery Vascular…
A modest proposal: Let’s eat the trauma surgeons
Well folks, after more than two years of the pandemic, racial injustice, and medical misinformation, I have decided it is time to return to writing about what I truly love: fake feuds with other specialties. Remember the heady days of…
SVS Foundation continues call for VISTA project applicants
The SVS Foundation VISTA (Vascular Volunteers In Service To All) pilot project continues to seek applications for innovative, community-based projects. The initiative grants support for those projects designed to explore solutions to the significant disparities in vascular surgical care across…
FDA grants IDE approval for Selution SLR drug-eluting balloon
MedAlliance’s Selution SLR drug-eluting balloon (DEB) has received investigational device exemption (IDE) approval from the Food and Drug Administration, making it the first limus DEB to be available to U.S. patients, the company announced in a press release. The Selution…
Medtronic gains FDA nod for IN.PACT 018 DCB
Medtronic has announced approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the IN.PACT 018 paclitaxel-coated percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloon catheter, a drug-coated balloon (DCB), indicated for the interventional treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the superficial femoral…
Register for August Vascular Surgery Board review course
Get ready for the American Board of Surgery Vascular Surgery Board (ABS-VSB) Qualifying Exam in September by attending a comprehensive review course in August. The University of California, Los Angeles, and the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) collaborate on the…
ESVS publishes 2023 guidelines on management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease
The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has just released 2023 clinical practice guidelines on the management of atherosclerotic carotid and vertebral artery disease. The guideline document, authored by chairperson Ross Naylor, MBChB, from Leicester Vascular Institute, Leicester, England, co-chairperson Barbara…
VentureMed completes enrollment of Flex Vessel Prep system randomized controlled trial in arteriovenous fistulas
VentureMed Group recently announced that it has completed enrollment of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) entitled “Flex Vessel Prep prior to PTA for the treatment of obstructive lesions in the native AVF.” This RCT was conducted to assess primary patency…
Collaborators not cases: Engaging patients with aortic dissections as partners in patient-centered outcomes research
To date, research in aortic dissection has focused on management and outcomes focused on technical results, and survival. Little is known about what is important to patients living with or at risk for aortic dissection. The Aortic Dissection Collaborative was…
Cloud-based fusion imaging found to improve operative metrics during FEVAR
A single-center retrospective review demonstrated a trend towards shorter operative times, and significant reductions in both iodinated contrast use and radiation exposure during fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) using Cydar’s EV Intelligent Maps—representing the first report of an improvement in…