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STS Invites SVS Members to Session
SVS members are invited to discover common ground between vascular and cardiothoracic surgeons in treating cardiovascular problems at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ 52nd Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 23-27, 2016 Slated for 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan.…
SVS Med Student Group Members Assist at AAA Screening
With the help of medical students affiliated with an SVS student group, 15 people were identified with potential vascular issues – including six with possible life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysms – at a screening event in November. Nearly 30 first- and…
Sept. JVS: Vascular surgeons do higher percentage of AAA repairs
The impact of endovascular repair on specialties performing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Klaas H. J. Ultee, BSc,Rob Hurks, MD, PhD, Dominique B. Buck, MD, George S. DaSilva, BS, Peter A. Soden, MD,Joost A. van Herwaarden, MD, PhD, Hence J. M.…
Mortality, outcomes good in AAA repair in octogenarians
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.– Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients 80 years and older can be performed safely and with good medium-term survival rates, a prospective single-site study has shown. Perioperative mortality in elective and emergent AAA repair for octogenarians was 2%…
EVAR vs. open repair for rAAAs
Although some vascular surgeons are convinced that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is superior to open repair for the treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs), the issue remains controversial. The naysayers for the superiority of EVAR in this setting claim…
Last night I had a nightmare
In the dream I had an asymptomatic 5.7-cm juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. Like most of my patients I also had a 70% left internal carotid stenosis and nondisabling right leg claudication due to a superficial femoral artery stenosis. Having stood…
Pioneer Heart Surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey
Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, pioneer heart surgeon and medical device innovator, died July 11, 2008 in Houston, about 2 months shy of his 100th birthday on Sept. 7. In his lifetime, Dr. DeBakey was renowned for his immense contributions to…
Success of Recent VRIC
More than 100 investigators, students, and trainees with an interest in translational research attended the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) in Toronto. Held one day before the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Meeting, VRIC fosters interaction among…
PVSS is now VESS -The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society
Nearing 40 years of continued service to its membership, the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society at its annual meeting elected a change in the society name to reflect the modern practice of its 1,000+ active and senior members. Originally founded in…
The issue of medical frailty
With people aged 65 and over making up the fastest growing segment of the US population, medical frailty – and its attendant increase in perioperative morbidity and mortality – is a pressing topic for the vascular community. Dr. Yazan Duwayri…