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‘Excellent’ long-term results after EVAR using Endurant stent graft in 180 AAA patients
Results from a real-world experience over more than 10 years using the Endurant stent graft (Medtronic) demonstrate that it is safe and effective, with excellent long-term outcomes for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) anatomy that falls both inside and outside instructions…
Dispatches from the vascular front: COVID-19 strikes New Jersey like ‘tidal wave’
Operating in the shadow of New York City, Clifford M. Sales, MD, has had his finger on the pulse of North America’s two worst-affected regions since the scourge of COVID-19 first started to take hold locally. New York’s pandemic plight…
Final push: SVS COVID-19 needs assessment survey closes April 24
The SVS Wellness Task Force today announced a final push for respondents to the Society’s COVID-19 needs assessment survey. The initiative, designed to help better understand the concerns and needs of vascular surgeons amid the coronavirus pandemic, closes tomorrow (April…
First US commercial use of Tack Endovascular System in BTK arteries announced
Intact Vascular has announced the first commercial use of its Tack Endovascular System (4F) in multiple sites across the United States. Notably the first Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved vascular implant for below-the-knee (BTK), post-angioplasty dissection repair, Tack implants are designed…
VenaSeal superior for management of chronic venous insufficiency, finds systematic review
According to a network meta-analysis, the VenaSeal system by Medtronic is “a promising therapeutic option for anatomic success at six months.” The study, published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, also highlighted the lower number of…
COVID-19: Ventilator manufacturers unite to form training alliance
Several of the world’s ventilator manufacturers have formed a Ventilator Training Alliance (VTA) in partnership with Allego to create a mobile app that frontline medical providers can use to access a centralized repository of ventilator training resources. The manufacturers include…
FDA grants Nexus aortic arch stent graft system breakthrough designation
Endospan was recently granted breakthrough device designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Nexus aortic arch stent graft system. The FDA’s breakthrough device designation program is intended to provide timely access to medical devices that have the…
Dispatches from the vascular front: Early steps beyond COVID-19 peak in Seattle
If Seattle and the broader state of Washington provided the vascular care blueprint for how to proceed once the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread out to other parts of the country, it might also hold a trail of clues for…
COVID-19: Pandemic lessons for vascular care from military theater
An exemplar of how surgery can best perform its role amid a catastrophic event like the COVID-19 pandemic can be found in military medicine’s response to the events that occurred on 9/11, according to an editorial written by Todd E.…
Dispatches from the vascular front: Consequences of COVID-19 on a Florida private practice
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have landed like a sledgehammer on vascular surgery, reducing much of practice to a standstill. For those in private practice, the effects have perhaps been even more profound, with practitioners forced to all-but pull…