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Five-year data from the ACST-2 trial comparing carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting, a report from the Crawford Forum at the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), and an Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) annual meeting piece reporting on vascular surgery as…
‘Proceed cautiously in use of DCBs in CLTI patients with advanced WIfI stage’
The last several years have seen ongoing controversy and debate about the risks and benefits of paclitaxel-coated devices (PCDs) for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The latest contribution from Konstantinos Katsanos, MD, and colleagues raises questions about potential increased…
PCBs: Panel of vascular surgeons review latest findings on paclitaxel-coated balloons
A recent meta-analysis by Konstantinos Katsanos, MD, of Patras University Hospital, Rion, Greece, and colleagues—“Risk of major amputation following application of paclitaxel-coated balloons [PCBs] in the lower-limb arteries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [RCTs],” published in…