Endovascular CFA treatment associated with increased rate of long-term CFA-specific reintervention, study finds

A recent study suggests that endovascular treatment of the common femoral artery (CFA) is associated with an increased rate of long-term CFA-specific reintervention, regardless of indication. Nicholas Wells, MA, a medical student at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven,…
Unmet needs and paradigm shifts: VESS scientific sessions set to plumb the vasculature for advances in practice

Selected research to be presented during the Wednesday afternoon, June 19, series of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) Scientific Sessions (from 1:30 p.m. onward in the West Building, Level 1) will highlight areas of unmet need and offer paradigm-shifting…
Toe and flow session aims to break down barriers to multidisciplinary limb salvage teams

If you had cancer you would go to a cancer center where you would get a multidisciplinary approach,” SVS President Joseph Mills, MD, tells VS@VAM, drawing on this example to highlight the importance of multidisciplinary teams for amputation prevention in…
SVS, AVF bring the latest innovations in venous disease treatment to VAM

During the first day of VAM 2024, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and American Venous Forum (AVF) have co-sponsored a session on the latest innovations in the delivery of venous disease treatment. Madhavi Meka, MD, a clinical associate professor…
Data and discussion forefront carotid session at ‘pivotal moment’

Contemporary management of carotid disease after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) carotid artery stenting (CAS) decision memo and prior to CREST-2 results will be the focus of an Education Session at VAM 2024. In October, CMS released…
VAM 2024: Putting out the fires of intraoperative vascular emergencies

A 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2024) Education Session taking place on Wednesday, June 19 (3:15–4:45 p.m. in the West Building, Level 1) will examine the most common emergency intraoperative vascular surgery consultations, along with trends in intraoperative vascular surgery…
Vascular-VP: ‘The blueprint for what a quality vascular program should look like’

Some of the benefits to quality care provision ensuing from participation in the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and SVS Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP) could be almost immediate. This is among the insights set to feature during one of the…
Drilling down on the roots of pathologic inflammation and wound healing challenges in diabetic patients

This year’s James S. T. Yao Resident Research Award winner looks at novel therapeutic target for non-healing diabetic wounds. Kevin D. Mangum, MD, PhD, speaks to VS@VAM about his paper ahead of presenting the work at the 2024 Vascular Annual…
SVS resident and student program boosts interest in vascular surgery amid workforce crisis

Against the backdrop of a national shortage in the vascular surgery workforce, a recent study has found that the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) VAM General Surgery and Medical Student Program “has a positive impact on interest in vascular surgery,”…
Rutherford lecture at world federation session set to feature vascular low frequency disease consortium director

The director of the Vascular Low Frequency Disease Consortium (VLFDC) is set to be among the headline presenters at this year’s World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS) Educational Session on Wednesday, June 19 (7–8 a.m. in the West Building, Level…

