Tag: diabetes
SAVS 2023: Study points toward CKD patients who would most benefit...
A new study probing which chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients would benefit most from renal artery stenting points toward those who experience a more...
Study is first to elucidate lower-limb amputation epidemiology in a Latin...
A study recently published in the World Journal of Surgery claims to be the first to provide comprehensive population-level data on the epidemiology of lower-extremity...
Wound healing research earns SVS Foundation prize, place on VAM stage
University of Michigan resident and Vascular Specialist resident/fellow editor Christopher Audu, MD, has been granted the SVS Foundation Resident Research Award for 2022. And,...
Revascularization strategy for BTK intervention should hinge on diagnostic modality, LINC...
New data provide “another argument” for the use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in below-the-knee (BTK) interventions. This is according to Michael Lichtenberg, MD, from Arnsberg...
Diabetes: Impact of local medicolegal landscapes on costs
More litigious U.S. states did not see decreased amputation rates over those where the medicolegal environment was less adverse, according to an analysis of...
Rise in cardiovascular disease, vascular surgeon burnout presents a public health...
Cases of cardiovascular disease are rising across the U.S., with large disparities seen in ethnic groups and poorer geographical areas. In combination with increased...
Prediabetes screening: ‘Target of reducing disparities should be geared towards advocacy’
On Aug. 24, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published the newly updated recommendations regarding screening for prediabetes and type-2 diabetes mellitus.1,2...
Take advantage of SVS diabetes resources
November is National Diabetes Month. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has many resources to help its members educate their patients and families and...
WIfI system helps predict revascularization benefit for diabetic patients with CLTI,...
A retrospective study supports the use of the Wound, ischemia, and foot infection (WIfI) classification system to predict the revascularization benefit for diabetic patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia...
USPSTF expands screening recommendation for prediabetes, type-2 diabetes to adults aged...
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued an updated recommendation statement suggesting clinicians screen for prediabetes and type-2 diabetes in overweight...
VRIC trainee award winners announced
The SVS Foundation has announced the four recipients for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) Trainee Award.
The SVS Basic and Translational Research Committee...
‘COVID-19 sparks diabetic macrophage inflammation’—award-winning paper
When patients with diabetes are infected with coronavirus, specialized macrophage cells—already primed to develop excessive inflammation in this population—are further transformed into a pathologically...
Fighting the good fight: The case for multidisciplinary limb salvage in...
Dramatic increases in rates of diabetes—particularly among Black females—through 2060 underscore the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach to limb salvage, according to Vincent...
Diabetes Awareness Month: The utility of SVS branding fliers for diabetic...
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. The Branding Toolkit can help SVS members promote the valuable care they provide those with the disease.
One of...
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...
Black patients in areas with lowest PAD rates disproportionally at higher...
It’s among the most topical areas of discussion in current U.S. cultural life: Black people face disparities in terms of healthcare outcomes. And the...
New paradigm in arteriovenous grafts opens up possibility of novel cure...
A novel twist to arteriovenous graft platforms—traditionally the preserve of hemodialysis—has the ability to open up a new paradigm of treatment across a host...
Combining aspirin with rivaroxaban reduces risk equally in presence or absence...
In stable atherosclerosis, a combination of aspirin plus rivaroxaban provided a similar relative degree of benefit on coronary, cerebrovascular and peripheral endpoints in patients...
Letter from Seattle: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, time to act is long...
SEATTLE—We live in unprecedented times. On Jan. 19, patient zero arrived in the United States at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after returning from a visit...
VRIC agenda taking shape, poster sessions to return
The biology of vascular disease—including molecular mechanisms and the immune system—will take center stage on May 4 in Chicago at the 2020 Vascular Research...