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Research provides ‘stepping stone’ for future application of AI in vascular surgery
New research on Chat generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) technology and its Vascular Education and Self-Assessment Program (VESAP) success rate provides insight into the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in vascular surgery training and practice, investigators Michael Amendola, MD, and Quang…
Physician-assembled unitary stent graft platform for debranched TAAA repair found safe and effective
Researchers behind a seven-year retrospective analysis of a physician-developed unitary stent graft system for endovascular debranched aortic repair of various thoracoabdominal aortopathies reported a 30-day mortality rate of 3.6%, with an all-cause mortality rate of 23% and an aneurysm-related mortality…
How intersociety collaboration to promote private practice could help vascular surgery amid workforce crisis
Dawn M. Coleman, MD, chief of vascular surgery at the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, focused on the likely major shortage of vascular surgeons and physicians to illustrate how intersocietal collaboration will help ease this problem…
Bad reading: How to claw back negative revenue?
Five frequently performed vascular surgeries at a prominent New Orleans-based health system between 2019 and 2022 yielded an average yearly decrease in net revenue of -11.5%, lending weight to growing national evidence that lay bare how increasing direct costs are…
Study details link between increased functional status and improved survival in prosthesis-fitted amputees
Increasing functional status in vascular patients fitted with a prosthesis after amputation was incrementally associated with improved survival, a retrospective analysis of a 10-year experience at a Dallas-based practice showed. The team at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano…
Greenhalgh legacy set to continue at CX 2024
Though the 2024 edition of the Charing Cross (CX) International Symposium (April 23–25) in London, England, marks a new era, it will be tinged with sadness as the first without its visionary founding chairman Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD. Professor Greenhalgh,…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of March 2024
In March, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist include a new analysis which suggests of a ‘lack of reach’ of vascular voices within news coverage of vascular disease; a vascular surgery resident reflects on their experience of match day;…
FlowTriever device found to dramatically improve breathing among intermediate-risk acute pulmonary embolism patients
SCVS 2024 saw Zachary AbuRahma, DO, an assistant professor of vascular surgery at West Virginia University and the Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, West Virginia, presented data from a single-center experience focused on the use of the FlowTriever device…
Novel ultrasound-facilitated thrombectomy with microbubbles shows promise in acute porcine model for DVT treatment
Evaluation of the safety and performance of a novel pharmaco-mechanical procedure for acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in two pigs demonstrated a significant reduction in thrombus burden and vessel wall preservation, data from in vivo testing reveals. The SonoThrombectomy system…
Johnson & Johnson to acquire Shockwave Medical
Johnson & Johnson is to acquire Shockwave Medical, it has been announced today. Under the terms of the transaction, Johnson & Johnson will acquire all outstanding shares of Shockwave for US$335.00 per share in cash, corresponding to an enterprise value…