Tag: Venous stenting
Longer fasting before venography appears to impact stent size selection, new...
During the 2024 American Venous Forum (AVF) annual meeting in Tampa, Florida (March 3–6), Kurt S. Schultz, MD, a general surgery resident at the...
Venous stenting and the IVC: ‘Persistent problems’ in the setting of...
The question of “persistent problems” with venous stenting among post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) patients emerged as a key talking point during the recent Deep Venous...
Child-bearing age ‘should not be a contraindication to venous stenting’
In a recently published study, dedicated venous stents performed well through pregnancy and postpartum, and a protocol including the use of low-dose antiplatelets in...
Primary patency after venous stenting best in NIVL patients, study finds
A recent study concludes that non-thrombotic iliac vein lesion (NIVL) patients have better primary patency after venous stenting than patients with venous thrombotic disorders....
Primary patency after venous stenting best in NIVL patients, study finds
A recent study concludes that non-thrombotic iliac vein lesion (NIVL) patients have better primary patency after venous stenting than patients with venous thrombotic disorders....
STEVECO trial calls into question randomization in the venous stenting field
Recruitment proved to be a major challenge for the STEVECO (Stent versus conservative treatment in patients with deep venous obstruction) randomized controlled trial (RCT),...
Venous stenting: ‘We need to evaluate use, appropriateness and clinical indication’
An analysis of venous stent usage trends in the United States from 2014 through 2021 showed a “significant increase” in stents per day placed...
Educate, educate, and educate again: The continuing quest for appropriate venous...
Prominent venous disease experts discuss venous stenting, appropriate care, and the pursuit of refined data and better education in a space where part of...
Vascular Specialist–February 2023
In this issue:
Educate, and educate, and educate again: The continuing quest for appropriate venous care (p. 1 and 6)
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High-risk venous stasis ulceration patients show similar healing rates after multi-modal...
A single-center evaluation of contemporary, multi-modal surgical therapy for venous stasis ulceration (C6 disease) suggests high-risk patients showed similar healing rates at one year,...
Abre stent data show ‘struggle to maintain patency’ among post-thrombotic syndrome...
The Abre venous stent demonstrated three-year primary patency rates of 97.1%, 76.5% and 70.4% respectively for non-thrombotic iliac vein lesion (NIVL), acute deep vein...
Gore completes first-in-human implants of Viafort vascular stent
W. L. Gore today announced the first implants of its investigational Gore Viafort vascular stent as part of a recently initiated pivotal clinical study for...
ABRE clinical study 36-month data show ‘long-term durability’ of venous stent...
Medtronic has announced the 36-month final results from the ABRE clinical study. The purpose of the ABRE clinical study was to evaluate the safety and...
Retrospective study is ‘first to systematically explore predictors of venous stent...
New data indicate that venous stent failure “may be predicted by low peak flow velocity and post-thrombotic changes in inflow veins” and that endovascular venous...
Venovo venous stent returns to US market after 2021 recall
BD recently announced that its Venovo venous stent is back on the U.S. market following a recall last year.
In 2019, the company reported that the...
CX 2022: Overtreatment in venous disease: Financial incentives are ‘the elephant...
To combat the “overtreatment problem” in the appropriate care of venous disease, “a concerted, complex, multimodal effort” is required from specialists across disparate parts...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in March
Among the posts catching Vascular Specialist readers' eyes last month were the digital flipbook version of our March print edition, a new study looking...
Database analysis findings ‘matched precisely’ with reported reasons for venous stent...
A recent analysis recalled Venovo and Vici venous stents—initiated last year—characterized “significant differences” between reported device and patient issues, and subsequent interventions for the...
Dedicated vs. non-dedicated: Researchers place venous stenting under the spotlight at...
Venous stenting was a hot topic on the agenda of the recent American Venous Forum (AVF) annual meeting, held this year Feb. 23–26 in Orlando,...
Vascular Specialist–March 2022
In this issue:
Dedicated vs. non-dedicated: Researchers place venous stenting under the spotlight at the American Venous Forum (AVF) 2022 annual meeting (p. 1 and...
Venous stents remain durable following pregnancy, researchers find
Iliac vein stents tolerate a gravid uterus well and a possible future pregnancy should not contraindicate their usage in the treatment of pelvic venous...
Risk of venous stent migration ‘rare’ but probably ‘underreported,’ systematic review...
Stent migration following treatment of acute iliofemoral thrombus or venous obstruction is “rare but may be underreported,” with the majority of reported cases being...
Office-based laboratory setting proves ‘safe’ for iliac vein stenting
A retrospective study of 1,223 iliac vein cases performed in three office-based laboratories (OBLs) demonstrated a major complication rate of 0.41%, suggesting these procedures...
VIVID study on Duo venous stent system now fully enrolled, Vesper...
Vesper Medical recently announced the completion of enrollment in its pivotal study—VIVID (Venous stent for the iliofemoral vein investigational clinical trial using the Vesper Duo venous stent...
Philips announces large-scale study outcomes on use of IVUS in peripheral...
Royal Philips has announced the results of a new large-scale real-world analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data on the health...
Three-year VIVO results back ‘continued safety and effectiveness’ of Zilver Vena...
Three-year results of the VIVO clinical study support the continued safety and effectiveness of the Zilver Vena venous stent (Cook Medical) in the treatment of symptomatic...
Deep venous stenting presents advantage over ablation in achieving better ulcer...
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—“Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) secondary to deep venous stenosis represents a distinct class of patients who require a unique treatment paradigm,” stated...