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Cross-specialty approach to embolization ‘provides the best care for patients’
Shang Loh, MD, is chief of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and professor of clinical surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Ahead of the Embolization for Vascular Surgeons: Techniques, Tips and Tricks lunch…
Learn the who, the when and the what of treating deep vein thrombosis
Between additional available therapies, multiple new devices now on the market and evolving research supporting thrombus removal, Patrick Muck, MD, and Madhavi Meka, MD, anticipated an informative session on deep vein thrombosis (DVT) at lunchtime Wednesday. The two surgeons co-moderated…
VAM 2023: Vascular Quality Initiative launches national smoking cessation drive
The SVS Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO) has launched a national smoking cessation initiative. SVS PSO Associate Medical Director Gary Lemmon, MD, and SVS PSO Director of Quality Betsy Wymer introduced the program during SVS PSO’s Vascular Quality Initiative’s (VQI)…
Risk assessment models “no better than coin toss” for predicting bleeding in patients considered for VTE pharmacologic prophylaxis
A study of two risk assessment models (RAMs) for predicting the bleeding risk in patients considered for pharmacologic prophylaxis to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) has found that though an increasing risk score correlated with higher bleeding rates, both models had…
Opening ceremony heralds ‘power’ of VAM attendance
SVS President Michael Dalsing, MD, officially opened the 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) yesterday morning, telling attendees at the early morning Opening Ceremony: “For 76 years, vascular surgeons have been developing and integrating ideas, tenacity and collaboration across this meeting—…
VAM 2023: Vascular trauma session to highlight the current role of endovascular therapy
A focused session on vascular trauma yesterday took a deep dive into emerging issues and controversies in the field. Moderated by Sherene Shalhub, MD, of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, and Rishi Kundi, MD, of the R Adams…
Prediction model offers new option for forecasting AAA growth
A predictive model incorporating 3D shape features such as aneurysmal flow lumen and outer wall structure extracted from computed tomography (CT) imaging can improve the ability to predict the growth of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). This is according to research…
VAM 2023: ‘What I wish I knew before retirement’ talk gives insight into adaptation and emeritus life
Reflecting on the positives and negatives of retirement, Peter Gloviczki, MD, from the Mayo Clinic, previously in Rochester, Minnesota, now in Scottsdale, Arizona, and editor-in-chief emeritus of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) regaled attendees of his “Lessons learned: What…
VAM 2023: Endovascular thermal septotomy for chronic post-dissection aortic aneurysm
Aidin Baghbani-Oskouei, MD, and Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, detail the endovascular thermal septotomy technique for chronic post-dissection thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs), which featured as a video presentation at the…
CEA associated with less reintervention than stenting in first six months-study
A durability study that looks at reintervention risk among patients treated with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) versus carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedures established that CEA demonstrated the lowest risk up to six months after surgery. A subgroup analysis between stenting procedures—transfemoral…