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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: The future of center, program and surgeon accreditation” held July 2. Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)…
Endologix enters into agreement with Deerfield Partners to take company private
Endologix has announced that, after evaluating a variety of strategic options, it has initiated a voluntary Chapter 11 case and simultaneously filed a consensual plan of reorganization supported by Deerfield Partners as its largest creditor. According to a press release,…
International Lecture: Endovascular colossus discusses new PAD therapy
A new therapy of hydration and oncotic pressure of plasma helped 100% of certain elderly peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients in terms of pain, ankle-brachial index (ABI) and walking time, endovascular pioneer Juan C. Parodi, MD, said on Tuesday, June…
Paper on EVAR for large AAAs named 2020 poster winner
Livia de Guerre, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has been named winner of this year’s poster contest. This year’s contest was held virtually as part of SVS ONLINE: “New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery.” She…
Researchers: No benefit for doxycycline used to avoid surgery for AAA
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore found that patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) received no benefits from taking a common antibiotic drug to reduce inflammation. Patients who took the…
Terumo Aortic gains FDA approval for Treo endovascular device
Terumo Aortic has been granted Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Treo abdominal aortic stent-graft system to be sold in the U.S. The Treo, used in the treatment of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), is the only…
‘Excellent’ long-term results after EVAR using Endurant stent graft in 180 AAA patients
Results from a real-world experience over more than 10 years using the Endurant stent graft (Medtronic) demonstrate that it is safe and effective, with excellent long-term outcomes for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) anatomy that falls both inside and outside instructions…
Open AAA repair volume appears to be more impactful on outcomes than years of experience, investigators reveal
PALM BEACH, Fla.— The more open aortic repair (OAR) case volume vascular surgeons take on, the more it seems to be “impactful” on OAR outcomes than a physician’s accumulated years of practice experience. The finding was revealed by Salvatore T.…
Letter from Seattle: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, time to act is long past due
SEATTLE—We live in unprecedented times. On Jan. 19, patient zero arrived in the United States at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after returning from a visit to his family in Wuhan, China. He tested positive for COVID-19 on Jan. 20. Fast forward…
NICE aortic guidelines recommend discussion between physician and patient before offering any treatment
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today published guidelines on abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diagnosis and management. Discussion between physicians and patients to consider the risks of any intervention versus no intervention is encouraged, and,…