Tag: journal of vascular surgery
LIMIT trial: Could metformin be first-ever medical treatment that is effective...
There is a global interest in assessing whether Metformin, which has a long track record of safety and efficacy, is relatively inexpensive and is...
Study highlights importance of implementing preoperative frailty assessment tool in vascular...
Preoperative frailty is associated with a significantly increased long-term mortality after elective vascular surgery. This is the conclusion of Louise BD Banning (University of...
SVS president, JVS editors respond to controversial paper furor
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president Ronald L Dalman (Stanford University, Stanford, USA) has pledged that the SVS and its flagship title the Journal...
STABLE II results published on endovascular treatment of acute complicated TBAD...
Thirty-day and one-year data from the STABLE II study have been published in the April 2020 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS)...
When to consider TEVAR in uncomplicated TBAD
A new study suggests thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) may be appropriate in uncomplicated Type B aortic dissection (TBAD) based on several anatomic criteria...
Higher failure to rescue rates for open aortic surgery in hospitals...
As the US Congress debates funding Medicaid and the uninsured, a new vascular study finds that hospitals with a high ratio of those two...
