Tag: medical therapy
Drilling into controversies in field of asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis management
Some of the enduring controversies in the management of asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis will underpin an educational session set to take place today.
The session...
Redefining ‘optimal medical therapy’ for vascular patients
Vascular and endovascular surgeons are frequently the only specialists other than primary care involved in the longitudinal care of their patients afflicted with clinically...
Female patients found to be at increased risk from adverse outcomes...
Results from a new study highlighting that female patients are at increased risk of adverse outcomes after acute limb ischemia (ALI) lend weight to...
PAD guideline update from ACC, AHA and others centers multispecialty care
New multisociety clinical practice guidelines for the management of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have been published online in the Journal of the...
Female sex is associated with additional treatments following surgery for intermittent...
A new U.S. study has found that female sex is associated with more reinterventions after surgical treatment for intermittent claudication. Additionally, guideline-directed medical therapy,...