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PMA application submitted for VenoValve device
enVVeno Medical today announced it has submitted an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market the VenoValve—a surgical venous valve implant for chronic venous insufficiency—in the USA. Definitive one year data from the application…
Research suggests arm vein is the best alternative bypass conduit to GSV in patients with CLTI
A new analysis has found arm vein to be the most suitable alternative conduit to great saphenous vein (GSV) in chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients, particularly in below-knee bypass targets. Prosthetic grafts also represent an adequate option, the researchers add,…
Jimenez joins JVS-CIT as DEI editor
The Journal of Vascular Surgery-Cases, Innovations and Techniques (JVS-CIT) has appointed Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD, as its new associate editor and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer. Jimenez, who serves as clinical professor of surgery and director of the Gonda…
SVN hosts virtual roundtable on PAD awareness
On Tuesday, Sept. 24, The Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN), in collaboration with the PAD Collaborative and the American Association of Wound Care (AAWC), presented a virtual roundtable titled “PAD: What is it? Leg Circulation Disease is More Common Than…
Class of 2024–25: VQI announces third annual set of Fellowship in Training Program awardees
The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Patient Safety Organization’s Fellowship in Training (FIT) Program has announced its third class of FIT participants for 2024–25 alongside the new FIT scholars. VQI FIT began in January 2022 and is designed to introduce residents…
Vascular Research Initiatives Conference abstracts due
Abstracts for the 2025 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) are being accepted through Nov. 20. VRIC, which is held in Baltimore, Maryland, this year, emphasizes the exchange of basic and translational vascular science that stimulates thoughtful discussion and motivates participants…
Regional societies see presidential changing of the guards
Brajesh K. Lal, MD, assumed the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) presidency during the 2024 EVS annual meeting. He took over from Kathleen Ozsvath, MD. Patrick Muck, MD, assumed the reins of the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) at the conclusion…
SVS unveils latest round of members to become Distinguished Fellows
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has welcomed 11 surgeons to its ranks of Distinguished Fellows. The new fellows have distinguished themselves by making sustained and substantial contributions to the Society, said current SVS President Matthew Eagleton, MD, himself a…
CEA ‘remains useful and relevant’ in era of improving medical therapy
Findings from a retrospective analysis delivered at the recent European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) annual meeting (Sept. 24–27) in Kraków, Poland, provide evidence that—for symptomatic carotid artery stenosis patients—endarterectomy “remains a useful and relevant intervention in the era of…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of October 2024
In October, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist included a new leadership announcement from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); study results examining a potential link between strenuous physical activity and increased venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk in men; the publication…