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FDA grants breakthrough device designation for Zenith fenestrated+ endovascular graft
The Zenith fenestrated+ endovascular graft (ZFEN+) product (Cook Medical) has received breakthrough device designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This designation is granted for devices that have the potential to provide more effective treatment or diagnosis for life-threatening…
Channeling SVS messaging across diffuse mediums
In order to recognize the diverse ways members interact and consume information, a new Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Communications Committee, replete with three subcommittees, has been formed. The move is designed to allow the SVS to coordinate and expand…
OBL: In praise of the office-based interventional lab
Vascular surgery has undergone dramatic changes over the last 30 years. What was once a traditional open surgical discipline has now become a hybrid specialty that involves open surgery and endovascular techniques. As vascular surgeons became more adept at endovascular…
Virtual VSB Certifying Exam ‘a huge success’
The virtually administered Vascular Surgery Certifying Exam (CE) has been declared “a huge success” by members of the Vascular Surgery Board (VSB). The VSB recently entered somewhat uncharted waters by conducting the image-heavy CE for remote test takers but recorded…
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…