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Helping OBL vascular surgeons fight the squeeze
SVS Section on Ambulatory Vascular Care (SAVC) set to announce set of new initiatives designed to help office-based lab (OBL) vascular surgeons combat rising costs and stagnant payments during jam-packed session focused on the outpatient setting at the 2025 Vascular…
SVS releases updated guidelines for intermittent claudication
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has issued a comprehensive update to its clinical practice guidelines for the management of intermittent claudication, urging clinicians to prioritize conservative treatment strategies and patient-centered care. The new guidelines, published in April 2025, reflect…
Terumo announces commercial availability of Roadsaver carotid stent system
Terumo Interventional Systems has announced the early commercial availability of its US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Roadsaver carotid stent system. Indicated for use with Terumo’s Nanoparasol embolic protection system, Roadsaver is intended to treat carotid artery stenosis in patients…
Wound healing in space: Vascular surgeons produce wide-ranging review
How a group of vascular surgeons is working to plug gaps in knowledge and inspire colleagues to recognize the specialty’s essential role in future space travel. It’s not so much a case of where-no-vascular-surgeon-has-gone-before as making sure aspects of the…
Reality check: Study brings ‘significant’ gap between randomized and real-world vascular patient populations into sharp focus
The randomized data foundation on which clinicians base decision-making for vascular surgery patients is derived from populations that do not represent the patients they see and treat on a day-to-day basis, a new research paper has found. The review, recently…
Survey suggests greater exposure to mini-incision carotid endarterectomy during training may dispel perceived limitations to approach
While a recent survey found that a majority of those who responded had performed mini-incision carotid endarterectomy (CEA) at least once in their practice careers, most answered that they did not perform the surgery routinely. In the world of general…
Equivalent outcomes seen among female, male patients in real-world analysis of paclitaxel-eluting stent use
The use of a paclitaxel-eluting stent to treat femoropopliteal occlusive disease led to equivalent outcomes in male and female patients in “a diverse and complex real-world cohort,” a new study found, set against previous question marks over the effectiveness of…
Carotid endarterectomy outperforms stenting amid overuse of both procedures in 10-year cohort study
A retrospective, nationwide cohort study has revealed carotid endarterectomy (CEA) performed better than carotid artery stenting (CAS) in France over the course of a decade, while also highlighting the overuse of both procedures in the same period. Based on their…
Imperative Care announces completion of enrollment in the SYMPHONY-PE study
Imperative Care has announced the completion of patient enrollment in its SYMPHONY-PE study, a pivotal investigational device exemption (IDE) trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the company’s Symphony thrombectomy system for the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Designed…
Three-year VenoValve first-in-human trial data published
Envveno Medical has announced that its manuscript titled, “Three-year outcomes of surgical implantation of a novel bioprosthetic valve for the treatment of deep venous reflux,” has been published in the in the peer-reviewed journal, Annals of Vascular Surgery. The VenoValve was surgically…