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Danish study suggests patients with AAA could benefit from high-dose statin use
A five-year prospective cohort study—using longitudinal registry data from two population-based screening trials—has found that high-dose statin use was associated with decreased abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) growth rates and lowered risk of undergoing repair, rupture, and death. Researchers therefore suggest…
Medtronic enrols first patient in Onyx liquid embolic IDE clinical study
Medtronic today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the Peripheral Onyx liquid embolic (PELE) clinical trial, which will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Onyx liquid embolic system (LES) for embolization of arterial hemorrhage in the…
Medtronic to distribute FMD’s peripheral guidewires for transradial access in US
Medtronic today announced it has entered into an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Japan-based Future Medical Design Co (FMD) to sell specialty and workhorse peripheral guidewires. This agreement includes the first 400cm, 0.018″ peripheral guidewire available in the U.S., expanding…
Cook announces US launch of Zenith iliac branch device
Cook Medical has announced that its Zenith iliac branch device (ZBIS) is now commercially available in the U.S. with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval as an endovascular treatment option for aortoiliac or iliac aneurysmal disease. The company has also…
Vascular surgery history: Putting specialty on the map in a broader sense
The people, discoveries, innovations and events that brought the vascular surgery profession to where it is today formed the bedrock of the subject matter for this year’s John Homans Lecture—“Who put the vascular in vascular surgery?”—at the 2025 Vascular Annual…
Researchers examine safety of prophylactic spinal fluid drainage in open and endovascular TAA and TAAA patients
“Spinal fluid drainage be considered when the risk of spinal cord injury from the procedure is greater than the risk of severe complications from spinal fluid drainage.” This was one of the concluding findings of a study presented during the…
Humacyte announces Symvess ECAT approval from US Defense Logistics Agency
Humacyte announced today that Symvess has been awarded Electronic Catalog (ECAT) listing approval from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency. ECAT is an internet system that provides the Department of Defense (DOD) and other federal agencies with access to manufacturers’ and…
Gore announces MDR expanded indication for the Viabahn VBX balloon-expandable endoprosthesis as a bridging stent
Gore today announced CE-mark approval of an expanded indication for the Gore Viabahn VBX balloon-expandable endoprosthesis (VBX stent graft) when used as a bridging stent with branched and fenestrated aortic endografts in the treatment of aortic aneurysms involving the renal…
Novel MRI technique for CLTI poised to address ‘medieval problem in modern medicine’
“We want to change global standards. What we’re doing isn’t working. Patients are getting hurt and devices are failing—we want to be able to make sure devices we’re using today are safe, so that we can build new devices that…
Presenting a united front to address vascular surgery’s structural and financial challenges
Vascular surgeons must present a unified front in order to address structural and financial challenges facing the specialty, Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President-Elect Keith Calligaro, MD, said in summing up this year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum at…