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VAM 2017 Features Alliances and Teamwork
This year’s Vascular Annual Meeting could be subtitled: “The Year of Inter-Society Collaboration.” Last year, joint sessions with specialty societies that have overlapping interests proved so popular that the number of such sessions was expanded for 2017. “These sessions provide…
Open vs. endovascular for chronic mesenteric ischemia
Chronic mesenteric ischemia is best treated in an open operation. Chronic mesenteric ischemia is a rare disorder accounting for about 1 out of 100,000 admissions.1 Because of the rarity of this disease, diagnosis is often delayed. Patients are often evaluated…
Just do it?
The typical American world view has always extolled the virtues of positive thinking. From the pilgrim fathers to the Western settlers, we pursued goals that were considered insurmountable. In the modern era, Ronald Reagan inspired us by stating that “Nothing…
Future challenges for vascular surgeons
How does one talk about the future? We start with a look at our recent past. We looked at our recent work in five areas, carotid disease, aortic disease, peripheral vascular disease, basic science research, and outcomes research published in…