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SCVS 2025: Multicenter data show favorable role for FEVAR over chimney grafts
A multi-institutional analysis has demonstrated fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) could be a “safer and more durable option” than chimney EVAR (ChEVAR) in elective juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) cases with suitable anatomy, offering potentially “greater generalizability to real-world practice.”…
One-year WAVE trial results show patency advantage for Wrapsody versus PTA
Merit Medical Systems has announced that the six-month results from the randomized arm of the Wrapsody arteriovenous access efficacy—WAVE—trial are scheduled for publication in the April issue of Kidney International, ahead of the presentation of 12-month results from the trial…
Study details radiation exposure learning curve among vascular trainees
The importance of radiation safety training for vascular surgery trainees was highlighted by a recent study that detailed a learning curve effect between first- and second-year fellows performing fluoroscopically guided interventions. Using optically stimulated dosimeters fitted outside and under lead…
Imperative Care expands Symphony thrombectomy portfolio with new FDA approval
Imperative Care today announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the 82cm version of its Symphony 16F catheter, the company’s latest innovation designed to elevate care for patients with venous thrombosis. The company also announced the successful completion…
EVC 2025: Multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder efforts key to setting venous disease research priorities
Addressing the audience at the 28th European Vascular Course (EVC 2025) in Maastricht, The Netherlands (March 9–11), Ulka Sachdev-Ost, MD, from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, set out a method to ensure limited funding is…
Novel thrombectomy system for VTE used successfully in first tranche of first-in-human cases
SonoVascular has announced the successful completion of an initial set of eight deep vein thrombosis (DVT) cases using its SonoThrombectomy system as part of a first-in-human (FIH) study of the device. All cases achieved a complete Marder score reduction as…
‘How to thrive, not just survive, as a vascular surgeon’
Outgoing Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) President Misty Humphries, MD, used her presidential address to outline how trainees and young vascular surgeons can “thrive and not just survive as a vascular surgeon.” The University of California, Davis interim chief…
Vascular surgery trainee autonomy driven by well-being, study finds
A new cross-sectional analysis as part of the SECOND trial found that most vascular surgery trainees are satisfied with their operative and clinical autonomy but that those who are not had increased odds of professional dissatisfaction, personal life dissatisfaction, burnout,…
Obituary: Janet Powell
Janet Powell, the clinical trial investigator who played a pivotal role in several landmark abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) studies, has died at the age of 79. At the time of her death, Powell was professor of vascular biology and medicine…
Inari Medical, now part of Stryker, launches Artix thrombectomy system
Inari Medical, now part of Stryker, recently announced the launch of its Artix thrombectomy system. Purpose-built for the needs of the peripheral arterial system, Artix is a combined aspiration plus mechanical thrombectomy solution. Stryker notes that the Artix system builds…