Tag: abdominal aortic aneurysm
Nectero Medical receives FDA clearance of IND application to initiate Phase...
Nectero Medical today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted investigational new drug (IND) clearance for the company to initiate...
Bias and the silver bullet: Gender partiality seen within AI algorithms...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a central focus within various spheres, from commerce to medicine—including applications in patient care. Sharon Kiang, MD, talks to...
Five-year results of the LEOPARD trial published in the Journal of...
Endologix has announced the online publication of the final five-year results of the LEOPARD trial in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS). The study's...
CX 2023: Statins save lives after aortic repair regardless of dose
Statin treatment after aortic repair is associated with improved long-term survival, while dose does not matter. This was the key message from a first-to-podium...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of April 2023
In April 2023, Vascular Specialist readers were drawn to an interview dissecting the role robotics play, and can play in the future, in vascular...
Award-winning paper finds F/BEVAR ‘feasible and safe’ in patients with failed...
Presenting award-winning new research, Andrea Vacirca, MD, a research fellow at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth Houston), revealed how,...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of March 2023
In March 2023, the Vascular Specialist stories grabbing readers' attention were a response to a February letter addressing vascular surgeons' use of social media; an...
Computational model found to predict early aortic abdominal aneurysm rupture
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur made a...
Study highlights need for ‘continuous comparative assessments’ to guide endograft treatment...
A recent study comparing outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) patients has reported no statistically significant differences in mortality or secondary rupture rates between...
Algorithm predicts females have higher risk for kidney damage after aneurysm...
When receiving treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), female patients have a higher risk for kidney damage after endovascular repair, a Michigan Medicine study...
ESVS AAA guidelines alert recommends ‘enhanced surveillance’ in patients treated with...
In a newly released “focused update” to their 2019 recommendations, the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) guidelines writing committee...
Less frequent post-EVAR surveillance might be safe in some patient groups,...
Results from the multicenter, retrospective ODYSSEUS study carried out in The Netherlands suggest that less frequent surveillance after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) may be...
‘Nearly nothing’ in surgery will go untouched by AI, ACS Clinical...
Almost nothing will go untouched by artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and surgery, notably in the quickly evolving world of vascular and endovascular surgery,...
Updated USPSTF recommendations on screening for AAAs remain faithful to 2014...
Updated recommendations on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) remain consistent with the 2014 guidance while incorporating new evidence.
The United States Preventive Services Task...
Elevated risk of AAAs among individuals suffering depression post-risk factor adjustment...
People with depressive symptoms have a significantly higher risk of incident abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) after adjustments for established risk factors, a study published...
Latest edition of USPSTF guidance produces essential reiteration, continuing to leave...
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released an update to their 2014 abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening recommendations. The update is...