Tag: American Venous Forum
Regional societies see presidential changing of the guards
Brajesh K. Lal, MD, assumed the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) presidency during the 2024 EVS annual meeting. He took over from Kathleen Ozsvath, MD.
Patrick...
Eastern Vascular Society set to stage day of service during 2024...
The Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) has incorporated a day of service into its 2024 annual meeting, being held in Charleston, South Carolina (Sept. 19–22).
Leading...
Welcome to VAM 2024!
To help us preview some of the sessions of interest I reached out to the chairs of the SVS Program and Postgraduate Education Committees—Andy...
‘The forgotten stepchild of vascular surgery’: The quest to push forward...
The 2024 Venous Symposium (May 8–11) in New York City was highlighted by keynote speaker Peter Pappas, MD, regional medical director and program director...
Ruth Bush takes over as AVF president in Tampa
Ruth Bush, MD, associate dean in the Office of Educational Affairs at John Sealy School of Medicine, the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB),...
Longer fasting before venography appears to impact stent size selection, new...
During the 2024 American Venous Forum (AVF) annual meeting in Tampa, Florida (March 3–6), Kurt S. Schultz, MD, a general surgery resident at the...
CLOUT registry: Interim two-year rates of PTS ‘significantly lower’ than those...
Rates of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) among deep vein thrombosis (DVT) patients treated with the ClotTriever thrombectomy system (Inari Medical) who are logged in the...
AVF 2024: Outgoing president addresses history, future direction of American Venous...
At the 2024 American Venous Forum (AVF) in Tampa, Florida (March 3–6), Glenn Jacobowitz, MD, professor of vascular and endovascular surgery at NYU Langone...
Non-pneumatic compression device performed better than advanced pneumatic compression for lower...
A new study presented during the 2024 American Venous Forum (AVF) in Tampa, Florida (March 3–6), that compared a novel non-pneumatic compression device with...
Adoption of AI into workflow associated with faster time to assessment...
An abstract presented at the 2024 American Venous Forum (AVF) annual meeting (March 3–6) revealed that, in the treatment of patients with pulmonary embolism...
SCAI, SIR, SVS jointly publish proceedings from multispecialty peripheral IVUS roundtable
Proceedings from an expert consensus roundtable that discussed the benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in lower extremity revascularization procedures were released today in the...
Corner Stitch: On the vascular trainee opportunities on the conference calendar
Christopher Audu, MD, surveys the 2024 meeting landscape, highlighting prime opportunities for trainees to showcase their research.
It is abstract submission, and this month I...
JVS-VL to be open access beginning in January
The Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL) will move from a subscription model to one of open access—freely available online—on Jan....
JVS-VL peer-review title launches virtual special issue on diversity topics
The Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL) has launched its first virtual special issue on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in...
Bioprosthetic venous valve: ‘We want to know that this is really...
A key investigator in efforts to tackle chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) with an bioprosthetic venous valve replacement talks about progress being made with surgical...
Venous stenting: ‘We need to evaluate use, appropriateness and clinical indication’
An analysis of venous stent usage trends in the United States from 2014 through 2021 showed a “significant increase” in stents per day placed...
VAM 2023: Early-bird registration opens
Meeting registration and hotel reservations opened March 15 for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM). This year’s premiere educational...
AVF 2023: Results from first US trial of Sonovein delivered
The 2023 annual meeting of the American Venous Forum (AVF) heard the final results from the first U.S. trial of the emerging varicose vein...
AVF 2023: FLASH registry suggests ‘favorable safety and effectiveness profile’ in...
Among 61 high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) patients followed through to the 30-day visit in the U.S. cohort of the FLASH registry, no mortalities were...
AVF 2023: Investigators report update on three-year first-in-human results for bioprosthetic...
Researchers in Colombia behind the first-in-human study of a novel bioprosthetic venous valve designed to treat chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) reported three-year results among...
Educate, educate, and educate again: The continuing quest for appropriate venous...
Prominent venous disease experts discuss venous stenting, appropriate care, and the pursuit of refined data and better education in a space where part of...
SVS mourns passing of former president
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members are mourning the death of James (Jimmy) S.T. Yao, MD, 88, former SVS president and Lifetime Achievement Award...
Roundtable on varicose veins guidelines set for Dec. 6
A virtual, multidisciplinary and interactive roundtable discussion on varicose veins will be held Dec. 6.
The free roundtable, set for 6 to 7:30 p.m. CST,...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in April 2022
The digital version of the April 2022 issue of Vascular Specialist, the most recent editorial by our medical editor focusing on diversity within the...
Select gene SNPs found to be associated with venous ulcer formation...
Looking to the future, genetic testing may play a role in guiding the intensity of therapeutic interventions and preventive strategies in patients with venous...
Vascular Specialist–March 2022
In this issue:
Dedicated vs. non-dedicated: Researchers place venous stenting under the spotlight at the American Venous Forum (AVF) 2022 annual meeting (p. 1 and...
AVF 2022: Emerging autogenous venous valve formation system sees ‘continual improvement’
An emerging endovenous valve formation system designed to treat patients with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) with evidence of deep venous reflux has demonstrated continual...
AVF 2022: Six-month CLOUT data indicate ClotTriever can effectively remove full...
Six-month outcomes from the ongoing CLOUT registry demonstrate the “safety and efficacy” of the ClotTriever thrombectomy system in a real-world deep vein thrombosis (DVT)...
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...
First pulmonary embolism patient enrolled in FLAME study
Inari Medical has announced the enrollment of the first high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) patient in the FLAME (FlowTriever for acute massive pulmonary embolism) study....
Elder statesman of venous disease delivers golfing metaphor for fortitude, wellness
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—As a podium talk at the annual meeting of the American Venous Forum (AVF), it represented a bit of an outlier. It...