Tag: acute limb ischemia

Tackling difficult acute limb ischemia cases with an endovascular-first approach using...

This advertorial is sponsored by Penumbra, Inc. Adam Reichard, MD, discusses the use of Lightning Bolt 7® computer-assisted vacuum thrombectomy (CAVTTM) as a first-line option...

Female patients found to be at increased risk from adverse outcomes...

Results from a new study highlighting that female patients are at increased risk of adverse outcomes after acute limb ischemia (ALI) lend weight to...

Pounce Thrombectomy Platform use in acute limb ischemia: Vascular surgeons weigh...

This advertorial is sponsored by Surmodics. Interventions for acute limb ischemia (ALI) represent up to 16% of the case volume for vascular surgeons and cost...

One-year STRIDE study data show ‘meaningful’ limb salvage, mortality and QoL...

One-year outcomes from the STRIDE study of the Indigo aspiration thrombectomy system (Penumbra) for lower-extremity acute limb ischemia (ALI) showed target limb salvage and...

Lightning Bolt 7 ‘stands alone’ in aspiration thrombectomy for acute limb...

This advertorial is sponsored by Penumbra, Inc. “Honestly, there’s nothing even close to it for thrombectomy on the arterial side of things,” according to Martyn...

Early data show ‘dramatic improvement’ in amputation-free survival after initiation of...

This advertorial is sponsored by Tampa General Hospital.  In cases of acute limb ischemia (ALI), time is of the essence, says Charles J. Bailey, MD—from...

Viabahn use in claudicants with long, complex SFA lesions ‘safe and...

Recently published research indicates that stent grafting with the Viabahn endoprosthesis (W L Gore & Associates) of long and complex superficial femoral artery (SFA) lesions in...

Strength in numbers: Global VASCC COVID-19 project helps identify framework to...

When Robert Cuff, MD, and Max Wohlauer, MD, first launched the Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC) back in the spring of 2020, the pandemic...

VOYAGER PAD: Rivaroxaban plus aspirin should be considered after lower-extremity bypass...

“A strategy of adding rivaroxaban 2.5mg twice daily to aspirin should be considered after lower extremity bypass regardless of conduit type,” concluded Nicholas Govsyeyev,...

Vascular surgery COVID-19 registry participants probe state of practice amid winter...

The question of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on vascular practice continues to occupy members of the specialty. Contributors to a global vascular surgery registry...

NYC study shows 50% limb salvage rate in COVID-19 patients with...

Data gathered from patients presenting with acute limb ischemia (ALI) during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the heart of New York City—a...

‘Rapid reduction’ in amputations follows opening of multidisciplinary limb preservation service

A multidisciplinary limb preservation service under the leadership of vascular surgery in a level one trauma center was associated with an immediate and rapid...

Registry launches pair of studies on vascular complications related to COVID-19

The new Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC) is ready to start collecting data on two projects. The first study to emerge from the international registry,...

Dispatches from the vascular front: A view of COVID-19’s impact on...

Sharif Ellozy, MD, has had just about as near to a front row seat as it gets to the part of the United States...