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Frank J. Veith joins ViTAA Medical Solutions’ board of directors
ViTAA Medical Solutions has announced the appointment of Frank J Veith, MD, professor of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and New York University Medical Center in New York…
Endologix initiates postmarket study of the Detour system
Endologix has announced the initiation of the Percutaneous transmural arterial bypass (PTAB)1 postmarket study. This study marks the beginning of a comprehensive postmarket study aimed at evaluating the real-world performance of the Detour system in patients undergoing treatment for long…
EACTS and STS guidelines recognize aorta ‘as an organ in its own right’
New guidelines from the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) have, for the first time, recognized the aorta as “an organ in its own right.” “Recognizing the aorta as an organ puts it…
FORS-powered LumiGuide 3D imaging technology is rolled out at specialized centers in U.S. and Europe
Andres Schanzer, MD, has hailed it “one of the most exciting changes” seen in imaging during the course of his career. Philips’ LumiGuide “human GPS” technology—which uses light reflected along an optical fiber inside a guidewire to generate three-dimensional (3D),…
U.S. study highlights racial and ethnic disparities in the placement of ‘overused’ IVC filters
A nationwide U.S. study, recently published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL), showed that Black patients had the highest inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement rate per 100,000 persons compared with white and Latino patients…
Mechanical thrombectomy demonstrates superior outcomes to anticoagulation in DVT patients, analysis of RCT and registry data shows
Mechanical thrombectomy using the ClotTriever device (Inari Medical) for iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was found to be “associated with significantly” lower Villalta scores and a lower incidence of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) out to 12 months compared with treatment using anticoagulation,…
Large administrative databases enter crosshairs as comparative analysis shows percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy as superior to CDT for acute PE
The pitfalls of large administrative databases came to the fore during the presentation of a propensity-match scoring analysis demonstrating that percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (MT) was superior to catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) in patients diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Junji Taukagoshi,…
Nitinol stents placed in iliac veins “not associated with prolonged back pain,” study finds
In a retrospective review of over 600 patients who underwent iliac vein stent placement, the development of back pain was found to be unrelated to stent type, diameter, length or covered vein territory. Chloe Snow (Greenbelt, USA) and colleagues share…
Consortium led by vascular surgeon-scientist secures $6.4 million funding to develop sustainable alternative to contrast CT imaging
The European Union Horizon Europe, with joint funding from UK Research Innovation, has awarded the NetZeroAICT Consortium €6 million ($6.4 million) in funding to develop a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based computed tomography (CT) technology that has the potential to promote…
VAM 2024 pricing now available
Pricing information for the 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2024) is now available. The event, scheduled in Chicago from June 19–22, is promoted as the year’s premier educational event for all vascular professionals. Organizers urge prospective attendees to secure funding…