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Shockwave L6 catheter expands treatment options for large-vessel cases
Shockwave L6 catheter achieves ‘almost pristine’ result in challenging case
VAM 2023 attendees have their say on the impact of BEST-CLI and BASIL-2 trials
As the vascular community continues to unpack the key learnings from two of the biggest trials to date in chronic limb threatening ischemia—BEST-CLI and BASIL-2—attendees of the 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in National Harbor, Maryland (June 14–17) told Vascular…
The Big Interview: Pioneering surgeon recounts career as new VAM lectureship is birthed
Vascular Specialist medical editor Malachi Sheahan III, MD, sits down with Frank J. Veith, MD, to discuss his new book, The Medical Jungle, ahead of the maiden named Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) lecture created in the former SVS President’s honor. The Frank…
PRESERVE study shows IVC filters are ‘safe and effective’ for prevention of pulmonary embolism
David Gillespie (Boston, USA) talks to Vascular Specialist about the PRESERVE study—established by the Society for Vascular Surgery and Society of Interventional Radiology—which is the largest prospective study to investigate real-world outcomes with contemporary use of inferior vena cava (IVC)…
VQI study leader highlights virtue of multispecialty gathering of best longitudinal data on PAD procedures
Daniel Bertges, MD, talks to Vascular Specialist about recent findings from his work investigating the IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB). He related how they showed promising results in treating femoropopliteal in-stent restenosis in a Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular…
Intraoperative Positioning System (IOPS): Navigation technology to reduce radiation exposure and improve accuracy during complex aortic procedures
This video is sponsored by Centerline Biomedical. Matthew Eagleton, MD, chief in the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is joined by fellow vascular surgeons Francis Caputo, MD, vascular surgery director of the Cleveland…
Women’s Vascular Summit: Diving into issues around women’s vascular health and the female workforce
The Women’s Vascular Summit was established five years ago with the twin purposes of delving deeper into the issues that surround women’s vascular health and disparate outcomes, and establishing a venue where women vascular surgeons could help elevate and empower…
TCAR has ‘tremendous appeal’ as alternative to transfemoral carotid artery stenting
This video is sponsored by Silk Road Medical. Richard Powell, MD, from Lebanon, New Hampshire, talks to Vascular Specialist at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Annual Meeting (SVS VAM; June 15–18) in Boston about his initial interest in the transcarotid…
APDVS president reflects on training challenges of COVID-19, ‘supply and demand’ conundrum of the future
“There are not enough vascular surgeons to do the work our specialty provides.” Those are the stark words of Jason T. Lee, MD, president of the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS), as he reflects on some of…