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Collaborative effort key to investigating potential biomarker of acute aortic syndrome
Research indicates that plasma desmosine has the potential to act as a biomarker of acute aortic syndrome and could, in the future, be used as a diagnostic tool for the condition in the acute setting. Presenting the findings of a British Heart…
Smoking status ‘should not deter nor delay’ endovascular intervention in femoropopliteal vessels
Smoking does not seem to affect reocclusion rates, interval to reintervention and the total number of interventions in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients with stents in the femoropopliteal segment, new research showed. These were among the findings delivered by Sascha…
Large study shows drop in AAA mortality ‘at faster rate than ever’
According to a new, population-based analysis, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) mortality has continued to decline and “at a faster rate than ever” in the second decade of the 21st century. Authors C. Y. Maximilian Png, MD, a vascular surgery resident…
Family history risk of AAA ‘increases incrementally’ based on degree of relation
There is an incremental increase in the risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) among those with a family history of the disorder based on degree of relation—with a significantly higher risk found in patients with a first-degree relative diagnosed…
Cigarette tax rises lead to drop in active smoking in claudication patients, study finds
Increases in cigarette taxes appear to be an effective strategy to cut active smoking among patients who are undergoing interventions for intermittent claudication, the New England Society for Vascular Surgery (NESVS) virtual annual meeting (Sept. 11–12) heard. That was the…