‘Impressive’ 12-month Flex vessel prep data presented at VEITHsymposium

VentureMed Group, a medical device innovator in access management for arteriovenous (AV) fistulas and grafts and vessel preparation for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), announced data presented at the 2022 VEITHsymposium (Nov. 15–19) in New York City that demonstrated that Flex…
SWING trial 12-month data: Novel sirolimus DCB shows ‘great promise’ in ‘challenging’ CLTI population

The Sundance (Surmodics) sirolimus drug-coated balloon (DCB) has an “excellent” safety profile in a “challenging, real-world, predominantly CLTI [chronic limb-threatening ischemia] population,” and has a primary patency rate of 80% at 12 months in a per-protocol analysis population. Ramon Varcoe,…
VEITHsymposium panel probes ‘value’ of artificial intelligence in vascular surgery

A session at the 2022 VEITHsymposium in New York City (Nov. 15–19) focused on new concepts, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) in vascular surgery, with a panel discussion honing in on the cost-effectiveness and wider “value” of emerging technologies…

