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First patient enrolled in PEERLESS study of FlowTriever system
Inari Medical has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in PEERLESS prospective, randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing the outcomes of patients with intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with the FlowTriever system versus catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT). The first…
New data add to body of evidence highlighting ‘importance’ of vascular surgery in trauma center setting
Another study has emerged showing vascular surgery’s heavy intraoperative consult activity in a level 1 trauma center setting, lending further fuel to the “vascular firefighter” analogy. A research team that included fourth-year medical student Abigail Hatcher, MS, of Emory University…
Complex TAAA: US ARC IDE registry reports better survival vs. real-world data after endovascular repair
Patients treated in Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved investigational device exemption (IDE) trials for complex thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) in the U.S. Aortic Research Consortium (ARC) had better 30-day and one-year survival compared with those recorded in the real-world Vascular…
Apply for VAM travel scholarships by March 9
Medical students and general surgery residents have until March 9 to apply for Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) travel scholarships that enable attendance at the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston this June. The scholarships are the SVS General…
March 1 awards deadline nears
The deadline is March 1 for several awards and honors from the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the SVS Foundation. They include the SVS Lifetime Achievement Award, the Medal for Innovation in Vascular Surgery, the Distinguished Fellow Designation, as…
Worldwide TCAR analysis provides ‘roadmap’ to evaluate future training approaches
An analysis of the worldwide experience of transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) has produced key objective proficiency metrics and an analytic framework to assess adequate training for the procedure. “Training on cadavers or synthetic models achieved clinical outcomes, technical outcomes and…
Study highlights need to extend scope of cerebrovascular health disparities research
A new research letter in Stroke outlines use of the novel National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us research program dataset of diverse participant data to identify factors that increase the risk of carotid artery stenosis and those who…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in January
January’s top 10 includes “Our forever plague,” a combined editorial by Malachi Sheahan III, MD, our medical editor, on fake news and science, and coverage of the U.S. investigational device exemption (IDE) Aortic Research Consortium and how the chief investigators…
Medtronic issues voluntary recall for TurboHawk Plus directional atherectomy system
On Feb. 7, Medtronic issued a notice emphasizing that the same warnings and precautions issued for the HawkOne directional atherectomy system also apply for the company’s TurboHawk Plus 6Fr system due to design similarities. The company stresses that this is…
Index atherectomy interventions for claudication ‘is associated with higher’ reintervention rates vs. other technologies
Atherectomy use during index peripheral vascular interventions in claudicants is associated with higher reintervention rates when compared to other technologies, a newly unveiled study by Caitlin Hicks, MD, and colleagues at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, shows. The researchers…