Tag: VQI
SVS launches VascuLEARN
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) online learning management system (LMS), now known as SVS VascuLEARN. The platform was formerly called SVS OnDemand. VascuLEARN...
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...
SVS sets modest dues increase to drive enhanced member benefits
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) announced an increase in membership dues for 2024 for Active members, a strategic move aimed at enhancing support...
TCAR and endarterectomy both ‘reasonable’ but stenting linked to worse outcomes...
A study examining outcomes between different carotid revascularisation procedures has concluded that transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) both represent a “reasonable choice” in severe chronic...
New comparative study shows no differences between HeRO and fAVG
A new contemporary comparative study will be presented during Friday’s Plenary Session 5 (8–9:30 a.m., West Building, Level 3, Skyline Ballroom) by author Theodore...
TCAR and endarterectomy both ‘reasonable’ but stenting linked to worse outcomes...
A study examining outcomes between different carotid revascularization procedures has concluded that transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) both represent a “reasonable...
Pushing the boundaries of vascular care: VQI meeting kicks off at...
The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) is hosting its two-day annual conference at the 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2024) from June 18–19, drawing healthcare...
New data underscore physician experience levels required to derive benefit from...
Data from a new study that maps out the levels at which adverse postoperative events decrease following transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TfCAS) based on...
As temporal trends in hemodialysis access creation emerge, notion of AV...
The 2024 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting (Jan. 24–27) hears three separate talks—two scientific papers and one from an invited guest...
SVS points to 2023 achievements, challenges in coming year
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) reflects on a year marked by notable achievements on multiple fronts. In a communication to members in mid-December,...
SVS members pitch in to help patients kick the smoking habit
SVS members are taking advantage of the new Smoking Cessation Toolkit and resources from the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), adding them to existing programs...
Changing course: The natural history of tibial claudication comes under scrutiny...
In the end, reflected Michael S. Conte, MD, “it’s not the evidence.” The leading vascular surgeon and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) expert made the...
SVS launches national smoking cessation initiative
The Society for Vascular Surgery’s Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO) has formally launched a national smoking cessation initiative. It includes tools and resources to help physicians,...
VQI Fellows in Training program marks one year
The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Fellows in Training (FIT) program is a success, said leaders as they provided a one-year review.
FIT introduces residents and...
VAM 2023: Vascular Quality Initiative launches national smoking cessation drive
The SVS Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO) has launched a national smoking cessation initiative.
SVS PSO Associate Medical Director Gary Lemmon, MD, and SVS PSO...
VAM 2023: Earn credits, contact hours at VAM, VQI@VAM and SVN...
Attendees at the society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Annual Meeting, the Vascular Quality Initiative meeting—VQI@VAM—and the Society for Vascular Nursing Annual Conference all can...
VQI@VAM: Quality takes center stage at VQI meeting, initiative making much...
Over the past several months, the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) hit some important milestones, including registering procedure number 1,000,000 in...
VQI@VAM: Social media helps promote safe technique, study finds
A social media campaign promoting educational videos proved efficient and cost-effective, and similar campaigns will be useful for quality improvement projects directed toward medical...
Distal embolic protection linked to significantly better outcomes in carotid stenting
Distal embolic protection using a filter has been associated with improved transfemoral carotid artery stenting (tfCAS) outcomes in terms of in-hospital stroke and death...
VAM 2023 meeting set to take place as exclusively in-person event
A block party on opening day, session recordings available daily and—of course—the educational and scientific sessions for which the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular...
VQI study leader highlights virtue of multispecialty gathering of best longitudinal...
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...
Get FIT: Applications for VQI Fellowship in Training program open
The Fellowship in Training (FIT) from the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) introduces residents and fellows in vascular-focused programs to the...
Paclitaxel DCB performs well in ‘challenging anatomy’ of femoropopliteal in-stent restenosis,...
The IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) shows promising results in treating femoropopliteal in-stent restenosis (ISR) in a Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality...
MVSS 2022: Study finds no link between frailty score and surgical...
A vascular surgery-specific composite frailty score was not associated with with risk of surgical site infection in patients undergoing lower-extremity revascularization in a review...
‘Significant’ increase in atherectomy use in US largely driven by office-based...
In the United States, atherectomy use in peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs) “more than doubled” from 2010 to 2019, with office-based procedures a “major driver”...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of September 2022
September's top stories featured news of a trial to evaluate women's experience of early endovascular aneurysm repair, and of a special women-focused edition...
NESVS 2022: Study illustrates relationship between increased distance from medical center...
Research detailing that patients traveling farther for complex aortic surgery have higher procedural costs, postoperative imaging costs, and comprehensive one-year costs was among the...
WVS 2022: Study probes who benefits from EVAR among patients with...
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) represent a high-risk group who may not benefit from elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic...
Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative celebrates one million procedures
The Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) clinical registry announced this week it has now collected more than one million procedures...
Black patients wait more than twice as long as White patients...
Black patients saw significantly delayed care for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs), with a Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) analysis showing a median time from hospital...
Researchers study role of frailty in post-discharge mortality
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members have developed new methods and tools to assess patient frailty and possible surgical outcomes more simply before patients...
VQI analysis links high levels of neighborhood deprivation to more severe...
Patients categorized as living in neighborhoods with high levels of disadvantage under the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) measure of community adversity have more advanced...
Discussing ERAS—Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways have been beneficial for many surgical specialties and are now available to guide the perioperative care of patients...
Open surgical bypass to distal targets at the ankle is ‘viable’...
The Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society (VESS) Paper Session at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston on Wednesday, June 15, will see Othman...
Expanded Medicare coverage for TCAR in standard surgical risk patients...
Silk Road Medical today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), through collaboration with the Society of Vascular Surgery's Patient Safety...
SVS turns its sights to FY2023, long-range future
In January, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Strategic Board met and forged its objectives for the coming fiscal year. Two months later the...
VAM 2022: More science, discussion, streaming
With abstract selection finished this month and the lineup of many other sessions in place, organizers are excited about the offerings of the 2022...
Priorities and objectives will guide 2022 SVS programs
Whether it’s branding, advocacy or determining research initiatives, the process of setting Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) priorities and objectives begins with SVS members....
Open repair: In good hands?
The twin issues of center volumes for open AAA repair as well as training implications came under the spotlight at two recent regional vascular...
VQI launches fellowship in training program, announces scholarship
The Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) is launching a new SVS Patient Safety Organization VQI Fellowship in Training (SVS PSO...
Re-visit VAM: Watch sessions you missed
Registrants for the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) can now catch sessions they may have missed in San Diego—or otherwise review a critical presentation...
VQI partners with Symmetric Health Solutions to improve device identification accuracy
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) has announced a partnership with Symmetric Health Solutions aimed at elevating the consistency and...
‘Do we need to do a better job of making devices...
It was a burning question posed from the conference floor, and it led to some approving social media nods in its aftermath: Does the...
Vascular Quality Initiative launches ‘My PAD’ pilot
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) has created “My PAD,” a pilot program for collecting patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from patients...
Analysis shows TCAR is more cost effective than CAS for carotid...
Transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) produces similar outcomes to the gold standard treatment for carotid stenosis—carotid endarterectomy (CEA)—but comes at a greater cost. This was...
TCAR has ‘statistically equivalent’ stroke and death outcomes to CEA, new...
Silk Road Medical has announced positive results from an independent analysis of standard surgical risk patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) for atherosclerotic carotid...
Vascular surgeons as community leaders in vascular disease
Value to the healthcare system, branding and success in competing in competitive environments and ensuring optimal patient care all play a role in defining...
Who will you see in the Exhibit Hall this year?
Be sure to schedule plenty of time to visit the Exhibit Hall during this year’s live and in-person Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM). The Exhibit...
VQI@VAM: Celebrating science, quality and VQI’s 10th anniversary
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) will host a day and a half of sessions aimed at quality improvement at...
Carotid endarterectomy shows ‘improved long-term durability’ over transfemoral carotid artery stenting
An increased postoperative stroke rate associated with transfemoral carotid artery stenting “seems to extend up to five years’ follow-up” compared to carotid endarterectomy. This...
Introducing patient-reported outcomes into the VQI
Vascular specialists have long recognized that there is more to the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) than the immediate procedural success and early...
Fempop bypass shows reintervention benefit over endovascular therapy for advanced premature...
Femoropopliteal bypass is associated with decreased reinterventions at one year compared to endovascular therapy in patients with advanced premature peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This is...
Stenting found to be superior to atherectomy, balloon angioplasty in reducing...
Stenting reduced mortality risk in patients undergoing interventions for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) by more than 30% when compared to plain balloon angioplasty, and...
TCAR vs CEA: Research shows fewer myocardial infarctions after TCAR with...
A Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) analysis uncovered a reduction in the risk of myocardial infarction after transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) compared to carotid endarterectomy...
Interventions associated with ‘poor’ two-year relief of intermittent claudication symptoms
Peripheral vascular interventions for intermittent claudication were linked to "poor" two-year relief of symptoms in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) database, a new study...
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...
Hospital availability of TCAR associated with an improvement in overall outcomes...
Silk Road Medical has announced positive results from a comparative-effectiveness study involving transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) that was published in JAMA Network Open.
The study...
SVS, ACC complete move to single vascular registry
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have completed a move to create a single vascular registry.
The new...
‘Ample published data unable to replicate association between paclitaxel-coated devices and...
Ample published data from from large, observational datasets, randomized-controlled trial (RCT) subgroup analyses and long-term follow-up from pivotal paclitaxel-coated device RCTs have not been...
Study of patients undergoing AAA repair suggests screening guidelines may be...
A retrospective study analyzing approximately 55,000 patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair suggests current screening guidelines may be inadequate in detecting a significant...
Target 2021: SVS councils and committees drill down on key goals...
While there is little doubt the pandemic has impacted each vascular surgeon and the SVS as a Society in numerous ways, the commitment and...
SVS pushes out trio of mobile apps to aid CLTI treatment
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched three new mobile apps to help guide surgeons in the treatment and management of chronic limb-threatening...
Frailty still strongly linked to mortality after EVAR for AAA
An analysis of the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) registry for elective abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) revealed that frailty continues to...
‘Fundamental differences’ in outcomes after open AAA detected across three national...
An investigation of differences in patient outcomes following open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) found in three national registries showed that mortality rates...
Hodgson: Bringing appropriateness into sharper focus
In 2019, Kim Hodgson, MD, kicked off his presidential year by placing appropriateness and quality of care under the microscope. His turn organizing the...
Cigarette tax rises lead to drop in active smoking in claudication...
Increases in cigarette taxes appear to be an effective strategy to cut active smoking among patients who are undergoing interventions for intermittent claudication, the...
Medicare reimbursement fails to adequately cover cost of care after open...
For most patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), Medicare reimbursement for lower extremity bypass surgery does not adequately account for case complexity in the...
A Vascular VISION: Improved patient care
Call it a VISION for improving patient care by being able to see how specific hospitals or institutions perform in terms of long-term patient...
Regional anesthesia alone is reasonable for lower extremity amputation in high-risk...
A recent study, published online in the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (EJVES), found that regional anesthesia alone is reasonable for major lower extremity...
VQI analysis finds endovascular repair of rAAA superior to open repair
A recent study examining the effect of operative approach on outcomes in patients presenting with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) demonstrated clear short- and...
Five-year survival after EVAR for ruptured AAA ‘improving’
“The relative survival benefit of EVAR over open repair has increased over time,” conclude Rens R.B. Varkevisser, BS, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,...
Patients with large AAAs see higher five-year mortality with EVAR compared...
Large abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is associated with higher adjusted five-year mortality, reintervention and rupture rates after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)—but not after...
SVS ONLINE: A meeting of firsts
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) notched up plenty of firsts this year with its virtual meeting, SVS ONLINE: "New Advances and Discoveries in...
SVS ONLINE closing act: Looking into the future of vascular surgery
What’s ahead for vascular surgery? Many changes, both possible and confirmed, according to the final SVS ONLINE session, “Assuring quality in vascular surgical care:...
Three weeks remain of VQI virtual sessions
SVS ONLINE—the virtual meeting staged by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)—may be completed, but the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) virtual sessions have three...
VQI to discuss quality improvement projects, clinical practice guidelines
The SVS Vascular Quality Initiative will discuss two important topics on Tuesday, July 7: quality improvement projects and the VQI, and clinical practice guidelines.
Gary...
SVS pilots SET app for peripheral artery disease patients
Doctor-prescribed and -supervised exercise therapy is going digital. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) will begin piloting a ground-breaking app for Supervised Exercise Therapy...
ACC, SVS join forces on single vascular registry
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) are collaborating on a single vascular registry to harness the strengths of...
Save the dates for VQI online sessions
VQI@VAM, the Vascular Quality Initiative’s annual meeting held in conjunction with the Vascular Annual Meeting, will also take a digital format in the wake...
Open AAA repair volume appears to be more impactful on outcomes...
PALM BEACH, Fla.— The more open aortic repair (OAR) case volume vascular surgeons take on, the more it seems to be “impactful” on OAR...
New registry to keep track of vascular patients launched
A registry to track management of new patients who are being treated medically for a number of vascular diseases has been launched by the...
O Canada: VAM 2020 housing, registration open March 4
Registration and housing for the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) open March 4.
The 2020 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) meeting will be held June...
Deploying robust, detailed SVS VQI data to help better define role...
In December 2018, the Journal of the American Heart Association published “Risk of death following application of paclitaxel‐coated balloons and stents in the femoropopliteal...
SVS president presents point-by-point defense of Society position on paclitaxel controversy
NEW YORK—Kim Hodgson, MD, president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, delivered a robust defense of the SVS position on the drug-coated balloon (DCB)...