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    Wrapsody device

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    Deadline extended for SCVS Young Surgeons Program

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    MVSS 2025: Ross Milner ascends to Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society presidency

    Benvenuto, Bienvenue, Velkommen, Willkommen!

    Vascular Specialist–July 2021

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    Presenting a united front to address vascular surgery’s structural and financial...

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    Selution SLR receives second FDA IDE approval

    varicose vein management

    Multi-society guidelines on varicose vein management published

    When women are PIs: A story foretold on the vascular frontlines

    Muck takes over Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society presidency

    Obituary: Janet Powell

    Gregorio A. Sicard, past SVS president, advocate for Latin American surgeons,...

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    BASIL-2 and BEST-CLI: A tale of two limb trials

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    Why CMS should still not extend reimbursement indications for carotid stenting...

    Debate verdict: Carotid endarterectomy maintains its golden hue

    Sheahan takes over as Vascular Surgery Board chair

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    Women’s champion: Freischlag marks out value of diversity and surgeons as...

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    Creating an AI-based tool to help clinicians perform precision AAA analysis

    FORS-powered LumiGuide 3D imaging technology is rolled out at specialized centers...

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    Vascular Specialist–October 2020

    Writing and reviewing in the DEI space: Progress evident but ‘there’s...

    ATEV

    FDA approves Humacyte’s Symvess for vascular trauma

    ATEV

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    Short neck AAAs: ‘Choosing what is best for the patient’

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    Former SVS president named ACS president-elect

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    SVS, ACS launch new quality verification program

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    SVS-ACS Vascular Verification Program marks release of new standards for outpatient...

    CEA: The importance of doctor-patient conversations about quitting smoking for better...

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    Non-contrast MRI outperforms DSA in detecting below-the-knee arteries in CLTI patients

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    Potential ‘new paradigm’ in treatment of long occlusive lesions emerges

    Moments suspended in time: Joining the vascular fold

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    Viz.ai receives FDA 510(k) clearance for abdominal aortic aneurysm AI algorithm

    LimFlow deep vein arterialization

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    On 45th anniversary, CX Symposium chairman credits Chicago vascular surgical tandem...

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    Vascular branding: Determining a vascular surgeon’s value

    National Kidney Foundation releases guideline for vascular access in dialysis patients

    Family history risk of AAA ‘increases incrementally’ based on degree of...

    The benefits of an academic research career in the VA

    Study identifies ‘critical need’ for guidelines on appropriate use of atherectomy

    Corner Stitch: From intentions to gratitude in 2022

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    VAM 2023: Endovascular thermal septotomy for chronic post-dissection aortic aneurysm

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    New varicose vein management guidelines released

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    Stryker completes acquisition of Inari Medical

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    It is time to end the interview

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    Letter to the editor: The vascular influencer

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    Helping OBL vascular surgeons fight the squeeze

    Regional vascular societies gear up for fall annual meetings

    Julie A. Freischlag becomes president of American College of Surgeons

    Trainee wellness: ‘No one really prepared me for the failures’

    VAM travel scholarship applications available this month

    Diversity efforts while in training: Is it just another box to...

    FDA advisory panel issues recommendations on lifelong surveillance for EVAR

    ESAR

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    Capitol Hill

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    Endologix announces 36-month results of DETOUR2 study

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    Transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins: Comparative analysis probes whether emerging...

    AAA diameter could have crucial implications for patient outcomes

    In memoriam: Aspiring vascular surgeon Noor Gul Shah, 29

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    Perioperative care in open aortic surgery: SVS and ERAS Society issue...

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    subanalysis

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    JVS JVS-VL

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    F/BEVAR Andrea Vacirca

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    SCAI

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    The essential ‘need’ for vascular surgeons in pulmonary embolism treatment paradigm

    Obituary: Roger M. Greenhalgh (Feb. 6, 1941–Oct. 6, 2023)

    VAM travel scholarships open doors for underrepresented medical students

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    SVS History Work Group’s landmark project culminates in new book

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    ‘Radiation will be a thing of the past’

    Surgeons relate patient-reported outcomes experiences

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    A modest proposal: Let’s eat the trauma surgeons

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    VAM educational sessions set to cover gamut of clinical and vascular...

    Vascular surgery moves to assess trainees’ competence with EPAs

    BEST-CLI vs. BASIL-2: Different questions yield different answers

    Safety benefits mean TCAR may be preferable approach in radiation-induced carotid...

    embolization

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    From the editor: Sex, lies, and carotid stents

    VOYAGER PAD analyses shed light on use of rivaroxaban in high-risk...

    ‘There is no reliable way to measure carotid stenosis—methods have changed...

    Personalized postoperative anticoagulation needed to curb lower-limb amputations

    First patient treated in ARISE II study of ascending stent graft

    ‘This is just the beginning’: SVS launches patient-facing website in opening...

    Microbot Medical announces FDA submission for commercialization of Liberty endovascular robotic...

    Stereotaxis seeks to broaden use of its robotic magnetic navigation system...

    aortic-related mortality

    From Brazil to Baylor: Oderich assumes coveted role at cardiovascular ‘powerhouse’

    Shape Memory Medical announces midway milestone in AAA-SHAPE randomised controlled pivotal...

    Making it Personal Through a Career of Service

    ‘Excellent’ long-term results after EVAR using Endurant stent graft in 180...

    Settled science: The indisputable link between EHR and burnout

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    Five-year ACST-2 results: Carotid artery surgery and stenting have similar long-term...

    SAVS 2022: Skyrocketing vascular nursing costs hammer division’s financial bottom line

    Houston, we have a dialysis access problem

    Life of Achilles: Turning weakness into bursts of innovation, creativity

    Confessions of a dual-trained, dual-practicing vascular-trauma surgeon

    SAVS reveals 2023–24 officeholders, including new president-elect

    ‘Unique’ vascular meeting set to update surgeons, prioritize audience debate

    New book penned by vascular icon charts career in surgery, revolutionary...

    peripheral arterial disease

    More than a research project: The vascular trainee’s role in tackling...

    Biotronik launches Oscar multifunctional peripheral catheter

    JVS JVS-VL

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    filters

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    Vesteck completes first-in-human use of several Suture-Tight devices

    VAM

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    SVS VQI

    SVS Vascular Quality Initiative passes milestone 1,000th-center mark

    First implant of custom-made thoracoabdominal hybrid device in North America announced

    technology

    Corner Stitch: Navigating the technology landscape as a vascular trainee

    Study finds carotid stent fracture rate to be negligible but long-term...

    BEST-CLI investigators implore a move beyond endo vs. open ‘battle’ in...

    FDA approves study of ZFEN+ for treatment of aortic aneurysms

    SVS responds to New York Times article on overuse of vascular...

    SAVS makes travel scholarship applications call for 2024 meeting

    Preventing spinal cord ischemia: Novel techniques for direct segmental artery revascularization...

    Rates of stroke, death and myocardial infarction post-TCAR do not differ...

    Prepare to submit research for VAM 2024

    technology

    Randomized trial set to elucidate value of image fusion technology for...

    SVS points to 2023 achievements, challenges in coming year

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    Vascular trainees better prepared for open aortic practice than commonly reported,...

    Taking the lead: The vascular surgeon in the pediatric vascular surgical...

    Cook announces US launch of Zenith iliac branch device

    EVS 2025: Eastern Vascular Society reveals 2025–26 officer class

    ‘The patient is there to see me and my face’: Making...

    Hospital volume found linked to EVAR success

    Tracking the Decline of AAA Repair in the United States

    Sternbergh: On his journey of self-awareness, overcoming tragedy and achieving work-life...

    Cost of burnout on physician health and surgical performance explored

    French study: Third-gen Anaconda endograft indicates satisfactory five-year exclusion

    CDC codifies CLI, CLTI in ICD-10-CM

    Freischlag elected as ACS president-elect

    Cuts to Medicare: ‘As vascular disease complexity increases, reimbursement for complex...

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    The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in September

    Study highlights need to extend scope of cerebrovascular health disparities research

    SVS creates membership section for women

    FDA approves expanded indications for TCAR’s Enroute stent

    Researchers report higher three-year amputation and reintervention rates in Black and...

    Study of post-carotid endarterectomy surveillance prompts protocol discussion

    Jonathan Towne honored with SVS Lifetime Achievement Award

    SVS mourns passing of former president

    Human-tissue engineered blood vessels remain durable at six years in PAD...

    Back to basics: All the things I love about vascular surgery

    Has the risk in the value-based payment model been sold as...

    VAM

    VAM 2023 meeting set to take place as exclusively in-person event

    From the SVS president: Supporting one another

    Vascular community split over ‘death’ of traditional carotid stenting

    Government Grand Rounds: Educating through advocacy

    Significant life and limb gains for claudicants who stop smoking before...

    Study weighs up total transfemoral and upper extremity approaches for F/BEVAR

    Carotid revascularization capable of improving mood in depressed patients with carotid...

    Novel drug candidate for slowing AAA growth demonstrates safety in humans

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    The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of June 2023

    CMS: Proposed reduced conversion factor would cut vascular surgeon reimbursements

    George Lavenson, Vietnam and Gulf War veteran, advocate for carotid disease...

    VAM 2024 pricing now available

    SVS announces election results for new leadership

    Novel MRI technique for CLTI poised to address ‘medieval problem in...

    EACTS 2025 hears new data on aortic arch remodelling device

    Initial results from first-in-man trial of prosthetic VenoValve demonstrate promise, says...

    Patients with large AAAs see higher five-year mortality with EVAR compared...

    Flying lesson: King Air 559 Delta Whiskey

    Emerging picture: VAM 2021 shaping up into blockbuster event

    Vascular Specialist–May 2021

    VQI partners with Symmetric Health Solutions to improve device identification accuracy

    Our broken system: Medical liability in vascular practice

    Guidelines recognize potential role for earlier endovascular treatment of uncomplicated type...

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    The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in January

    decline in open surgery aaa

    Study ‘supports’ SVS open AAA volume recommendations

    Supply & demand: [Private] practice matters

    Less frequent post-EVAR surveillance might be safe in some patient groups,...

    SVS reveals research priorities for next decade

    SVS Foundation board approves latest pilot programs to help underserved

    Equivalency to clinical practice ‘varies considerably’ across recent carotid intervention trials

    ‘Urgent action needed’ to improve implementation of guideline-directed medical therapy for...

    Bioprosthetic venous valve: ‘We want to know that this is really...

    Analysis finds no difference in TCAR outcomes between academic, community hospitals

    Act now to keep CME credits, SVS urges members

    Former SVS President William Abbott, 1997–98, dies at 86

    SVS announces officer candidates for 2023 election

    FDA approves IDE for pivotal study of high-intensity focused ultrasound platform

    Help fund future of vascular health by serving on SVS Foundation...

    A vascular mission: Defying assumptions in the fight against amputation in...

    Urban residents have smaller risk of mortality from chronic limb-threatening ischemia

    Analyses offer a deeper dive into BEST-CLI trial data

    ‘Vascular surgery should be a key member of pulmonary embolism response...

    Corner Stitch: Supplementing our formal learning as vascular trainees

    First patient treated in global strategic collaboration involving Cydar Maps technology

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    The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of September 2023

    Survey suggests venous work less valued than arterial interventions

    DETOUR1 and DETOUR2 pooled analysis of bypass system reveals primary rate...

    Changing course: The natural history of tibial claudication comes under scrutiny...

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    Vascular Specialist’s top stories of 2023

    University of Pittsburgh awards $100,000 grant to SVS member for AI-based...

    Patient selection may explain ‘counterintuitive’ relationship between carotid stenting volume and...

    Koya Medical announces full results from TEAYS study of Dayspring device

    VASC.AI: Canadian vascular surgery researchers develop vascular-specific bot aimed at aiding...

    SCVS 2025: TBE device provides ‘safer’ option than TEVAR for blunt...

    New SVS president seeks to enhance communication with members, tighten focus...

    New APP Section: A ‘professional home’

    TCAR outperforms transfemoral carotid artery stenting, ‘significantly’ lowering stroke and death...

    President Hodgson to address ‘State of the SVS’

    Study identifies disparities in early revascularization for symptomatic carotid stenosis

    ‘Fundamental differences’ in outcomes after open AAA detected across three national...

    SWEDEPAD unplanned interim analysis shows no difference in all-cause mortality for...

    Walking can relieve leg pain in people with PAD

    TCAR vs CEA: Research shows fewer myocardial infarctions after TCAR with...

    Lead vascular surgeon on first use of Fiber Optic RealShape in...

    Elevating women in vascular surgery

    Analysis shows TCAR is more cost effective than CAS for carotid...

    Dalman: Meeting challenges of COVID-19, SVS future direction head-on

    Vascular Quality Initiative launches ‘My PAD’ pilot

    CMS creates new billing code for central venous vascular access system

    AI and transforming vascular surgery

    ‘Leveraging multiple teams and cardiovascular specialists’

    New long-term data of paclitaxel devices continue to show no increased...

    AVeVA study confirms benefit of covered stent placement in graft-vein anastomotic...

    New data suggest patients at AAA repair thresholds can be safely...

    Amplifi vein dilation system continues to show promise following latest first-in-human...

    Bright future predicted for JVS internship program

    Sudanese vascular association readies for first-ever conference

    PRELUDE-BTK subanalysis highlights superior lumen gain, greater volumetric blood flow using...

    SVS

    SVS annual meeting introduces early-bird registration

    pMAC

    VESS 2023: pMAC score found to be ‘important predictor’ of CLTI...

    AVF 2023: One-year analysis of CLOUT registry reveals ‘significant and sustained’...

    RESCUE trial shows reduction in segmental and main pulmonary artery occlusions

    AVF 2023: FLASH registry suggests ‘favorable safety and effectiveness profile’ in...

    Algorithm predicts females have higher risk for kidney damage after aneurysm...

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    Vascular Specialist–November 2021

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    Vascular Specialist–March 2022

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