The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of November 2023

In November, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist include a reassessment of which carotid revascularization treatment modality is best after the recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage expansion; updated analyses from the VOYAGER PAD clinical trial;…
TRANSCEND 36-month data “continue to demonstrate safe and effective performance” of SurVeil DCB

Peter Schneider (University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA) recently presented 36-month data from Surmodics’ TRANSCEND clinical trial at the VEITHsymposium 2023 (14–18 November, New York, USA). The TRANSCEND trial is a prospective, multicentre, single-blind randomised controlled trial to…
SurVeil DCB demonstrates sustained durability of safety, efficacy endpoints in TRANSCEND

In the TRANSCEND clinical trial, the SurVeil drug-coated balloon (DCB; Surmodics) demonstrated “excellent efficacy and safety” out to 24-month follow-up. This is according to Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who presented the new data at Vascular…

