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Enrollment starts in postmarket studies of WavelinQ endoAVF system
Enrollment has begun and the first patients have been treated in the postmarket surveillance study, CONNECT-AV, of the WavelinQ (BD) endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF) system. CONNECT-AV is a prospective, single-arm, open-label study that will follow patients treated with WavelinQ (BD)…
Wearable device for AV fistula remote monitoring shows promise—but faces commercial challenges
A new wearable device designed to remotely monitor arteriovenous (AV) fistulae function in dialysis access patients uncovered promising data, leading one set of researchers to conclude the technology offers hope for improved care and lower costs among a challenging patient…
Physician assistant community launches ‘PA Case of the Month’
To help broaden its physician assistant (PA) members’ knowledge of vascular care and help them engage and interact with each other virtually, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) PA Section has introduced the “PA Case of the Month.” The monthly…
New JVS associate editor for diversity traces footsteps of her mother
It took Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) associate editor Ulka Sachdev-Ost, MD, a while to realize just how much of an impact her mother’s journey in medicine had had on her own career. Sachdev-Ost reveals an intriguing backdrop to an…
Surfacer system IDE study results published
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies has announced the publication of the results of its prospective, multicenter SAVE-US (Surfacer system to facilitate access in venous occlusions—United States) study in the Journal of Vascular Access. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved investigational device exemption…
CX 2020 LIVE: Vascular access session showcases new technologies, debate on place of endovascular fistula creation continues
CX 2020 LIVE’s Vascular Access Consensus panel, including (clockwise from top left): Roger Greenhalgh, Nick Inston, Domenico Valenti, Robert Jones, Robert Shahverdyan and Jennifer Hanko The CX 2020 LIVE Vascular Access Consensus session sparked global interest, with chair Nick Inston (Birmingham,…
Registry launches pair of studies on vascular complications related to COVID-19
The new Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC) is ready to start collecting data on two projects. The first study to emerge from the international registry, entitled “Impact of COVID-19 on scheduled vascular operations,” covers five major areas of vascular practice…
Dispatches from the vascular front: A view of COVID-19’s impact on hard-hit NYC
Sharif Ellozy, MD, has had just about as near to a front row seat as it gets to the part of the United States worst-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic—short of operating as an intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency room…
National Kidney Foundation releases guideline for vascular access in dialysis patients
The American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) has published the National Kidney Foundation’s KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update, a completely revamped set of 26 individual guidelines for clinicians that focuses on dialysis access choices tailored to individual patients’…
Newly FDA-approved device for central venous occlusions hailed as exciting advance
HOUSTON—These are exciting times in the theater of dialysis access, expert in the field Eric Peden, MD, mused in the latter part of last year—“and that’s not always been easy to say because dialysis has had not too much change…