Tag: ischaemia

European study aims to provide “snapshot” of current ALI treatment strategies

Florian Enzmann (Innsbruck, Austria) speaks to Vascular News about PROMOTE ALI—a prospective, multicentre observational study focused on lower limb ischaemia. Acute limb ischaemia (ALI) is...

First patient enrolled in PROWL registry study using Pounce thrombectomy system

Surmodics has announced enrolment of the first patient in PROWL, the Pounce thrombectomy system retrospective registry. PROWL is an open-label, retrospective, multicentre US registry...

VSGBI President’s Symposium spotlights data-driven financial incentives for PAD revascularisation

The President’s Symposium at the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI) annual scientific meeting (23–25 November, Brighton, UK) featured Rob Sayers’ (University...

Non-optimal therapy for CLTI “more prominent in females”

A real-world claims data analysis of nearly 200,000 patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) showed that female patients were older, underwent vascular procedures less...
COVID-19 New York

NYC study shows 50% limb salvage rate in COVID-19 patients with...

Data gathered from patients presenting with acute limb ischaemia (ALI) during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the heart of New York City—a...
Ramon Varcoe

New meta-analysis finds “no observed difference” in mortality between paclitaxel and...

February 2020 brings another paclitaxel device meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials in chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) patients. Krystal Dinh (Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia) et...

New Global Vascular Guidelines for CLTI patients now open for stakeholder...

 The draft Global Vascular Guidelines on chronic limb threatening ischaemia (CLTI) have just been posted for open public comment until 3 December 2018. Michael...

Acute and chronic paediatric limb ischaemia

Nothing is more frightening than an injured child. In general, paediatric limb ischaemia is a traumatic event presenting with varying degrees of severity. Paediatric...