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CVRx announces new CPT Category I codes for Barostim baroreflex activation therapy
CVRx, the company behind the Barostim baroreflex activation therapy system, recently announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has accepted new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Category I codes for the device, which treats the symptoms of heart failure. The decision…
VAM 2024: Putting out the fires of intraoperative vascular emergencies
A 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2024) Education Session taking place on Wednesday, June 19 (3:15–4:45 p.m. in the West Building, Level 1) will examine the most common emergency intraoperative vascular surgery consultations, along with trends in intraoperative vascular surgery…
Need for ‘clear, well-defined guidelines’ in patient selection for surgical implantation of baroreflex activation therapy devices identified
The emergence of a baroreflex activation therapy device for heart failure patients is drawing in the assistance of the open surgical expertise of vascular surgeons in the arena of the carotid bulb— and drawing attention to a need for “clear…
Vascular branding: Determining a vascular surgeon’s value
A vascular surgeon’s value includes far more than direct revenues from procedures performed, said SVS member Robert Tahara, MD, recently. He told surgeons to remember not only these direct revenues, but also the help a surgeon provides other specialties in…
MVSS president outlines why vascular surgery is special and how ‘people need to know what we do’
Outgoing Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) President Jeffrey Jim, MD, used his recent presidential address to call upon vascular surgeons to spread the word far and wide—from Main Street to hospital C-suites—of what marks out vascular surgery as the truly…
SVS seeks volunteers to write position paper
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members have until July 31 to apply to serve on a new SVS writing group to develop a position paper on the scope of work of vascular surgery practice in diagnosing and treating vascular disease.…
Trainees: Cases sought for three VAM sessions
Vascular trainees and medical students are invited to submit their best cases for three sessions at the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) this year. Case submissions are due April 26. They are (all times Eastern Daylight…
SAVS 2023: Planned and unplanned vascular assists found to improve outcomes
An award-winning paper presented at the 2023 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, established an association between vascular involvement in non-vascular-led cases, where vascular expertise was required, and improved patient outcomes. Emma Rooney,…
Confessions of a dual-trained, dual-practicing vascular-trauma surgeon
Like most of the other readers of Vascular Specialist, I look forward to perusing each release for not just useful information but also insightful editorials that frame ongoing issues in thoughtful and entertaining ways. I personally find that I am…
Vascular surgeons ‘have a role to play’ in transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures
Vascular surgery assistance in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can facilitate safe and effective device introduction through cases involving challenging femoral or iliac access. This was the conclusion delivered by Enrico Gallitto, MD, from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy,…