Enduring PROMISE: Real-world outcomes study suggests results continue to flow from transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins

First retrospective analysis shows comparable outcomes data to those found in PROMISE II pivotal trial, authors report. The first post-approval multicenter analysis of so-called “no-option” chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients treated using a pioneering transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins…
Eastern Vascular Society passes 1,000-member mark

It “takes village” to build a community like the one that the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) has grown into, outgoing president Brajesh K. Lal, MD, told the EVS annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee (Sept. 4–7). Lal was delivering the 2025…
Microbot Medical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Liberty endovascular robotic system

Microbot Medical today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the Liberty system, the first FDA cleared single use, remotely operated robotic system for peripheral endovascular procedures, states the company in a recent press…
Shape Memory Medical completes enrollment in EMBO-PMS registry

Shape Memory Medical today announced the completion of patient enrollment in the EMBO postmarket surveillance (EMBO-PMS) registry, the company’s prospective, multicenter registry of the Impede and Impede-FX embolisation plugs, and Impede-FX RapidFill device when used for peripheral vascular embolization. A…
EVS 2025: Eastern Vascular Society reveals 2025–26 officer class

Benjamin Jackson, MD, chief in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute in Allentown, Pennsylvania, became the new Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) president during the 2025 EVS annual meeting in Nashville (Sept. 4–7).…
Start of PAD Awareness Month heralds joint national effort to prevent amputations

The PAD Pulse Alliance—a coalition of leading medical societies that includes the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) dedicated to improving vascular health—is urging patients, providers and policymakers to act through its Get a Pulse on PAD Campaign as national PAD…
Imperative Care announces FDA clearance for Symphony thrombectomy system

Imperative Care has today announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Symphony thrombectomy system to treat pulmonary embolism (PE). This clearance expands the use of Symphony—previously for the treatment of venous thrombosis—to now include PE, providing a…
FDA begins ‘real-time’ reporting of adverse event data

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it has begun daily publication of adverse event data from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). The agency says that “this represents a significant step forward in modernizing the agency’s…
SWEDEPAD re-opens paclitaxel safety discussion, finds drug-coated devices do not improve outcomes

Drug-coated balloons and stents were not associated with reduced risk of amputation or improved quality of life compared with uncoated devices in the SWEDEPAD 1 and 2 trials. In addition, higher five-year mortality with drug-coated devices in patients with intermittent…
Final patient treated in Cook’s Zenith Fenestrated+ endovascular graft clinical study

Cook Medical has enrolled the final patient in the global clinical study of its Zenith Fenestrated+ endovascular graft (ZFEN+), signifying completion of patient recruitment in the pivotal study. The investigational ZFEN+ clinical study is being conducted under an Investigational Device Exemption…

