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VESAP5 mobile app now available
The mobile app for the fifth edition Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP5)—for both Android and Apple operating systems—is now available. Apple users need to visit the App Store, while Android users should visit Google Play (play.Google.com). The companion application allows…
Hospital availability of TCAR associated with an improvement in overall outcomes for carotid revascularization
Silk Road Medical has announced positive results from a comparative-effectiveness study involving transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) that was published in JAMA Network Open. The study found the availability of TCAR at a hospital was associated with a significant decrease in…
Journal of Critical Limb Ischemia set to launch in spring
The CLI Global Society is launching the first peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on interventional techniques pertaining to critical limb ischemia (CLI). The new title, Journal of Critical Limb Ischemia, will appear in the spring. According to the CLI Global Society, the…
EVAR improves one-year survival in octogenarians with AAAs, study finds
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in those 80-plus decreases one-year mortality rates compared to non-operative management, researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas found. Working from a cohort of 11,829 patients…
Corriere: Meetings about meetings and how not to have a bad one
The past year in which the concept of “the meeting” shifted almost entirely into the digital realm challenged everything from the constitution of the working day to the breadth of collective patience. Or, as Matthew Corriere, MD, at the helm…
FDA panel recommends against premarket approval of Lutonix 014 DCB for BTK use
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has recommended against premarket approval of BD’s Lutonix 014 drug-coated balloon (DCB) for use in below-the-knee (BTK) arteries. In a meeting on Feb. 17, the majority of the FDA Cardiovascular Devices Panel concluded that…
‘Leading when everyone is watching—and when no one knows what to do’
The title of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) Jesse E. Thompson, MD, Distinguished Guest Lecture was heralded as “Leading when everyone is watching,”—but COVID-19 lent the message Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, was attempting to transmit a certain sharpness.…
‘Grit matters in vascular surgery’
“This is what happens to you when you show grit: You end up being elected president of the American College of Surgeons.” Those were among the words delivered by Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr., MD, in his presidential address at the…
New officers named to SVS office-based lab section
New officers are in place with the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Section on Outpatient and Office Vascular Care (SOOVC) Executive Committee, which covers office-based labs (OBLs). They are Robert Molnar, MD, chair; Clifford Sales, MD, vice chair; and members…
In memoriam: Aspiring vascular surgeon Noor Gul Shah, 29
Noor Gul Shah, MD, who passed away in October last year aged 29, was a remarkable fourth-year resident in general surgery at NYU Langone Health in New York City. Born and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, she attended her…