Tag: CX 2023
Obituary: Roger M. Greenhalgh (Feb. 6, 1941–Oct. 6, 2023)
Roger Malcolm Greenhalgh, MD, the surgeon internationally renowned for his unparalleled contribution to vascular education, training and research, died peacefully on Oct. 6. He...
Medical therapy gains highlight need to reassess carotid surgery
“The time has definitely come to look at the evidence, and redo these studies,” posited Alun Davies, MD, from Imperial College London in London,...
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...
CX 2023: Venous, we have a perception problem
Venous disease care has a problem with optics in the context of growth in the number of venous procedures and the spectre of inappropriate...
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...
Vascular community split over ‘death’ of traditional carotid stenting
A debate between two prominent carotid interventionists—Peter Schneider, MD, professor of vascular and endovascular surgery at University of California San Francisco in San Francisco,...
BASIL-2 points towards endovascular-first revascularization strategy in CLTI patients
A question from Manj Gohel, MD, from Cambridge University Hospitals in Cambridge, England, on what the 2023 Charing Cross (CX) International Symposium audience should...
On 45th anniversary, CX Symposium chairman credits Chicago vascular surgical tandem...
The occasion of a seminal meeting held in Chicago by former Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Presidents John J. Bergan, MD, and James S.T....