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Emerging picture: VAM 2021 shaping up into blockbuster event
The moving pieces that comprise the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), set to take place Aug. 18–21 at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, are being assembled into a blockbuster whole. Though plenary sessions have yet to be…
Patients with AAAs who had COVID-19 may need ‘more frequent surveillance’ until better understanding of link emerges
Patients who have known abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), who may have had a COVID-19 infection, might need to have more frequent or a different surveillance regimen until a better understanding of the relationship between the virus and potential symptomatic progression…
US surgeons begin commercial use of Gore Excluder conformable AAA endoprosthesis with Active Control system
W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced the first use of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Gore Excluder conformable abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) endoprothesis with Active Control system in cases outside of clinical trials. Cases were successfully performed…
Details emerge on VRIC’s move to VAM 2021
In celebration of the 75th year of the SVS, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC), typically held in early May, is moving this year to be held during the 2021 VAM in August. In a year when so much has…
‘Highly implementable’ price sheet strategy sparks cost reduction in vascular procedures
A simple cost reduction strategy implemented among providers in an academic vascular surgery practice yielded data demonstrating sometimes significant cost savings—in the case of common femoral endarterectomy of nearly 70%. The researchers behind the study found significant savings made across…
First patient treated in the BeGraft FEVAR study aimed at providing evidence for on-label use
The first patient has been included in the BeGraft fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) study investigating the Bentley BeGraft peripheral balloon expandable covered stent in complex aortic aneurysms. The patient was referred for FEVAR with a 6cm juxtarenal abdominal aortic…
Higher frailty scores linked to increased postoperative complications and mortality in veterans undergoing EVAR for AAA
Higher frailty scores were associated with higher rates of postoperative complications and mortality among a national cohort of veteran patients who underwent endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or dissection. This was one of the findings…
British AAA screening results show ‘considerable’ local variation in proportion of patients undergoing EVAR
The first detailed surgical results from the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (NAAASP) show that, over a seven-year period, the turn down rate after referral for treatment with a screen-detected AAA and perioperative mortality were low.…
EVAR improves one-year survival in octogenarians with AAAs, study finds
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in those 80-plus decreases one-year mortality rates compared to non-operative management, researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas found. Working from a cohort of 11,829 patients…
Surgeons discuss early efforts rolling out SVS Branding Toolkit
Two-and-a-half years back, when Kathryn E. Bowser, MD, joined her current institution as a vascular surgeon, a confluence of unfolding events led her to a realization: “A lot of people did not understand what the modern vascular surgeon actually did.”…