Tag: carotid stenting

Patient selection may explain ‘counterintuitive’ relationship between carotid stenting volume and...

High stroke and death rates relating to carotid stenting in the Pacific Northwest may be driven by the selection of high-risk patients with less...

Patient selection may explain ‘counterintuitive’ relationship between carotid stenting volume and...

High stroke and death rates relating to carotid stenting in the Pacific Northwest may be driven by the selection of high-risk patients with less...

VAM 2024: Changes to carotid stenting landscape in United States set...

Sean P. Lyden, MD, chairman of the Department of Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, will discuss...

No increased risk of complications found with transradial access for carotid...

Carotid artery stenting (CAS) delivered via transradial artery access has demonstrated no increased risk of stroke, death, myocardial infarction, transient ischaemic attack, or access...

Carotid stenting rebuttal: Those who live in glass houses…

Christopher J. White, MD, responds to a recent editorial by Malachi Sheahan III, MD, that took a critical look at the decision by the...

‘There is no reliable way to measure carotid stenosis—methods have changed...

The recent move to expand Medicare coverage of carotid stenting formed the basis of a recent debate over the wisdom of the decision taken...

Vascular Specialist–December 2023

In this issue: Changing course: The natural history of tibial claudication comes under scrutiny as interventions for "relatively benign" disease trend upward  Our guest editorial...

Vascular Specialist–November 2023

In this issue: Carotid revascularization: Getting to the right decision SVS reveals proposed changes to Society bylaws Meta-analysis: The complete patient-level dataset on paclitaxel and...

Carotid disease: Getting to the right decision

The recent move by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand coverage for carotid artery stenting brought with it the requirement...

Researchers report 30-day outcome data for pair of investigational carotid stenting...

Thirty-day results from two trials assessing the performance of investigational carotid artery stenting systems—the Neuroguard and the CGuard—were recently presented at VIVA 2023. Stenting with...

CMS confirms broadened Medicare coverage of carotid artery stenting in final...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final decision regarding National Coverage Determination (NCD) 20.7 covering carotid artery stenting (CAS),...

From the editor: Sex, lies, and carotid stents

First, a disclaimer. This commentary is woefully short of sex-related content. Not even the wholesome gender-based outcomes stuff. So, if that key term brought...

Enrollment of first patient in Neuroguard carotid stent system trial announced

Contego Medical has announced enrollment of the first patient in the prospective, multicenter PERFORMANCE III trial aimed at further evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the...
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The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of September 2023

Last month, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist included data releases from the recent Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) using direct revascularization of segmental...

Why CMS should still not extend reimbursement indications for carotid stenting...

This commentary—authored by Anne Abbott, PhD, MBBS, Lawrence Schott, MD, Lan Gao, MMed, PhD, Hrvoje Budincevic, MD, PhD, Rishad Faruqi, MD, Tatjana Rundek, MD,...

Vascular Specialist–September 2023

In this issue: When women are PIs: A story foretold on the vascular frontlines SVS members rally to respond to CMS carotid stenting coverage...

SVS members rally to respond to CMS carotid stenting coverage proposal

Nearly one-third of the public comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on a controversial proposed coverage decision affecting carotid...

Your SVS: Executive Board sets course for year

Phase II of a national branding campaign for vascular surgery and three new task forces are just two of several initiatives the SVS’ Executive...

SVS responds to CMS proposed coverage expansion for carotid stenting

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and its affiliated Patient Safety Organization (PSO)/Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) have submitted a formal response to the Centers...

SVS urges members to make voices heard on CMS carotid stenting...

The SVS has created a template to help members transmit comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding proposed major adjustments...

Comments sought on CMS proposed coverage expansion for carotid stenting

SVS members are encouraged to submit comments—due Aug. 10—to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its proposed national coverage determination on...
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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...