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Surgical societies respond to updated pulmonary embolism clinical practice guidelines
In a recent editorial, stakeholders responded to the exclusion of vascular surgical societies from participating in developing updated clinical practice guidelines for the management of acute pulmonary embolism from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology…
SVS urges revisions for independent cardiology certification board
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has expressed conditional support for cardiology establishing an independent certification board but objects to provisions in the current American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine (ABCVM) proposal as they conflict significantly with the mission and requirements…
Crawford Forum on multispecialty vascular care: ‘We can work together’
New Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President Ali AbuRahma, MD, put on an E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum at this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in San Diego focused on the role of multispecialty care in vascular and endovascular…
An open letter to our hospital consultants
Dear hospital consultants: Just thought I would write and give you a quick update on our situation, not that you asked. As you recall, a few years ago we spent many hours discussing and planning the Heart and Vascular Service…