Tag: Revascularization

Sex-related disparities in lower-extremity revascularization outcomes brought into focus

Women are more likely to undergo reintervention after lower extremity revascularization for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) compared to male patients with similar limb salvage...
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Base revascularization strategy on effectiveness in restoring adequate and durable limb...

The results of a subanalysis of the BEST-CLI trial found that patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) who were deemed suitable for open lower-extremity...

LINC 2021: Long-term data show sustained efficacy and safety of paclitaxel...

A key theme among the late-breaking trial data presented at the recent LINC 2021 (the Leipzig Interventional Course), held digitally from Jan. 25–29, was the...

Vascular firefighters: New data highlight ‘essential hospital resource’

New data that analyze the preoperative and intraoperative assistance vascular surgeons provide to other surgical subspecialties underscores “the essential hospital resource” that vascular surgery...

Walking can relieve leg pain in people with PAD

Exercise can play an important role in treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a recent review by Amy Harwood, PhD, from the Centre for Sport and...

Revascularization ‘improves’ walking performance in claudicating PAD patients 

Revascularization of the lower extremity improves hemodynamics, walking performance, quality of life and calf-muscle pathology in claudicating patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), researchers...

VOYAGER PAD: Rivaroxaban plus aspirin versus aspirin alone among CLTI patients...

In one of the latest sub-analyses from the VOYAGER PAD trial, investigators found that rivaroxaban plus aspirin versus aspirin alone in the high-risk population...

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...

CEA found to significantly improve neurocognitive function 30 days after procedure

Revascularization by way of carotid artery endarterectomy (CEA) is linked to significant improvements in neurocognitive function a month post- procedure across multiple domains, a...

SVN virtual annual meeting keynote to focus on self-care

The Society for Vascular Nursing’s 38th Annual Conference is going virtual, from 6  to 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 15. In addition to a series...

Study: Link between IC revascularization and progression to CLTI established alongside...

PALM BEACH, Fla.—Revascularization of intermittent claudication (IC) patients is associated with an increased rate of progression to critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)—as well as an...

Clopidogrel exposure along with aspirin and rivaroxaban should be ‘minimized or...

“More bleeding with background clopidogrel, even if not severe by adjudication, may be associated with broad consequences, including discontinuation of therapies. In the absence...

Aspirin plus rivaroxaban significantly lowers adverse events in PAD revascularization

Treatment with aspirin plus rivaroxaban following lower-extremity revascularization in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) leads to a 15% reduction in the risk of...

Presence of outpatient wound care center leads to significant decrease in...

NEW YORK—The opening of an outpatient wound care center has a positive impact on affiliated vascular surgery practice, with a significant increase in the...