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A team sport: A prescription for the future of vascular surgery
Outgoing Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) President Kathleen Ozsvath, MD, used her presidential swansong to address the needs of those practicing the specialty moving forward, combining themes of family, collaboration, and diversity, equity and inclusion. Ozsvath, who serves as chief of…
Medinol announces first-in-human implantation of drug-eluting peripheral stent in Australia
Medinol has announced the successful first-in-human implantation of the ChampioNIR drug-eluting peripheral stent by Gerard S. Goh, MD, head of interventional radiology, and Thodur Vasudevan, MBBS, a vascular surgeon, both from the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. The ChampioNIR drug-eluting…
Carotid intervention linked to improved survival versus medical management in symptomatic patients
New study data suggest that the interventional treatment of symptomatic carotid artery disease may result in an improved rate of age-adjusted overall survival compared to medical management. However, the same study—presented at this year’s European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) annual meeting…
Cook Medical creates custom-made aortic device for fenestrated FET procedure
Cook Medical this week announced that it has created a custom-made device for the frozen elephant trunk (FET) aortic procedure. A press release details that, earlier this year, cardiothoracic surgeon François Dagenais, MD, from the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of September 2024
In September, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist included a change in leadership for the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society; study results examining new treatment options for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients; a call for more Spanish-speaking vascular surgeons, and several…
Surmodics receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Pounce XL thrombectomy system
Surmodics has announced that it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Pounce XL thrombectomy system. The Pounce system is indicated for the non-surgical removal of thrombi and emboli from the peripheral arterial vasculature in vessels…
Novel AI-assisted DVT diagnostic pathway aims to ‘democratize’ point-of-care ultrasound
A new deep vein thrombosis (DVT) diagnostic pathway incorporating non-expert artificial intelligence (AI)-guided compression ultrasound could reduce workload and costs for healthcare systems while providing a quicker diagnosis and improving patient care. Efthymios (Makis) Avgerinos, MD, of Athens, Greece, shared…
APDVS launches vascular surgery curriculum e-book for medical students
The Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) has released a new ebook designed to enhance vascular surgery education for medical students. According to developers, the aim of The APDVS Medical Student Curriculum is to broaden the medical student’s…
SVS encourages participation in compensation survey
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is encouraging members to participate in the 2024 Compensation Survey, a key initiative designed to provide vascular surgeons with tailored insights into compensation, productivity and practice data. This effort, conducted in collaboration with Phairify—a…
Are we overtreating aortic aneurysms in the elderly?
A large meta-analysis of elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) outcomes by age has shown that three-to-five-year survival is very low in octogenarians, prompting researchers to caution against routine intervention in these patients. Sebastian Vaughan-Burleigh, BMBCh, Dominic P.J. Howard, DPhil, and…