Tag: SVS

‘Get a Pulse on PAD’: Multi-society public awareness campaign launched

The multi-society PAD Pulse Alliance is taking part in a peripheral arterial disease (PAD) public awareness campaign called “Get a Pulse on PAD”. The group—formed...

SCAI, SIR, and SVS jointly publish proceedings from multispecialty peripheral IVUS...

Proceedings from an expert consensus roundtable that discussed the benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in lower extremity revascularisation procedures were released today in the...

Mainstream media dig deeper into atherectomy use in the USA, SVS...

Further reports on the use of atherectomy in the USA this week appeared in ProPublica. The nonprofit investigative news outlet shared three articles in...

Obituary: Roger M Greenhalgh 6th February 1941 – 6th October 2023

Roger Malcolm Greenhalgh, the surgeon internationally renowned for his unparalleled contribution to vascular education, training and research, died peacefully on 6th October, aged 82....

Society for Vascular Surgery launches national smoking cessation initiative

The Society for Vascular Surgery’s Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO) has launched a national smoking cessation initiative. It includes tools and resources to...
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Multi-society guidelines on varicose vein management published

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), American Venous Forum (AVF), and American Vein and Lymphatic Society (AVLS) have released the second and final part...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of July 2023

July's top 10 highlights the US Food and Drug Administration's long-awaited update on paclitaxel-coated devices to treat peripheral arterial disease, an interview with Rachel...
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SVS Foundation adds two surgeons to board of directors

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation has announced the appointment of Bernadette Aulivola and Vikram Kashyap to its board of directors. Both will...
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Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative reaches milestone 1,000 centres...

The Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) clinical registry recently announced it has achieved another milestone, with more than 1,000 centres...
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New study demonstrates IVC filters “safe and effective” in treating venous...

Few adverse events are connected to the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters to help prevent deep vein blood clots from developing into...
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“Urgent action needed” to improve implementation of guideline-directed medical therapy for...

Almost one-half of the patients receiving a peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) in the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) registry between...

Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative celebrates one million procedures

The Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) clinical registry announced this week it has now collected more than one million procedures...

Vascular surgery and its place in a “changing training paradigm”

 “Vascular surgery is my DNA”, Alan Lumsden (Houston, USA) tells Vascular News, as he discusses the role of vascular surgeons in the cardiac surgery world....

Silk Road Medical announces expanded Medicare coverage for TCAR in standard...

Silk Road Medical recently announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), through collaboration with the Society of Vascular Surgery’s Patient Safety...
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“As vascular surgeons, we never stop learning,” Palma Shaw tells Vascular News. This is one of the key attractions of the specialty for Shaw,...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of February 2022

February's top 10 includes a consensus statement from the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Society on perioperative...

Perioperative care in open aortic surgery: SVS and ERAS Society issue...

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Society have released a consensus statement intended to help address perioperative...
abdominal aortic aneurysm

Study validates SVS abdominal aortic aneurysm volume recommendations

A multicentre, retrospective database analysis suggests improved open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) outcomes when surgeon volume is greater than seven cases yearly and performed...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of January 2022

Breakthrough designation for a new drug-eluting stent from Cook Medical, a meta-analysis on the safety of expedited carotid artery surgery vs. expedited stenting after...
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US IDE Aortic Research Consortium “pushes the envelope” on fenestrated and...

The US investigational device exemption (IDE) Aortic Research Consortium has produced the strongest data so far on the use of fenestrated/branched endovascular aneurysm repair...

New recommendations promote “appropriate and effective” use of social media in...

In response to a rapid augmentation of social media use in medicine over the past five years, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has...

SVS Vascular Quality Initiative and Symmetric Health Solutions partner to improve...

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving vascular quality within hospitals and outpatient facilities, has announced...
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Vascular News’ top 10 most popular stories of July 2021

Updated Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) clinical practice guidelines on extracranial cerebrovascular disease management and a new meta-analysis on paclitaxel in peripheral arterial disease...

SVS publishes diversity, equity and inclusion supplement to highlight challenges and...

With a firm eye on healing disparities in healthcare and within the vascular surgery specialty itself, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has published...

Ali AbuRahma

“There is no doubt in my mind that working together rather than competing against each other will not only be in our best interests...

SVS releases updated clinical practice guidelines on extracranial cerebrovascular disease

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released updated clinical practice guidelines accompanied by an implementation document on the management of patients with extracranial...

SVS releases clinical practice guidelines on popliteal artery aneurysms

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released new clinical practice guidelines to ensure that patients with popliteal artery aneurysms receive appropriate treatment and...

SVS elects Joseph L Mills of Baylor College of Medicine to...

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) today announced its officers for 2021–2022. Several officers shifted roles and Joseph L Mills (Baylor College of Medicine,...

SVS Valuation Work Group publishes new report highlighting value of vascular...

A new report finds the role of vascular surgeons may be underappreciated and suggests that an investment in the profession will provide a substantial...

2021 ACC/AHA/SVM/ACP Advanced Training Statement on Vascular Medicine published

It was recently announced that a 2021 Advanced Training Statement on Vascular Medicine, co-authored by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart...
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SVS Vascular Annual Meeting dates shifted to mid-August

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has shifted the 2021 iteration of its flagship conference, the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), to August in a...
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SVS makes commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Following a year of study and including more than 40 separate goals, objectives, and requested actions, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Executive Board...
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Five-year survival following EVAR for ruptured AAA “improving,” study concludes

“The relative survival benefit of EVAR over open repair has increased over time,” conclude Rens RB Varkevisser (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical...

SVS ONLINE closing session: Looking into the future of vascular surgery

Many changes, both possible and confirmed, are ahead for vascular surgery, according to the final SVS ONLINE session, “Assuring quality in vascular surgical care:...

SVS International Lecture: Endovascular pioneer discusses new PAD therapy

A new therapy of hydration and oncotic pressure of plasma helped 100% of certain elderly peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients in terms of pain,...

SVS Crawford Forum sets the stage for vascular surgery future

The E Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum, which took place on the first day of SVS ONLINE, charted the course of vascular surgery going...

ACC and SVS join forces on single vascular registry

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) are collaborating on a single vascular registry, according to a press release,...
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SVS releases new clinical practice guidelines on visceral artery aneurysms

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released new clinical practice guidelines on the appropriate care and treatment of aneurysms of the visceral arteries.  These...
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New collection of articles available on impact of COVID-19 in treating...

The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) has introduced the COVID-19 Collection, a compilation of fast-tracked articles designed to proactively provide solutions to deliver the best care...

SVS provides resources on COVID-19 and its impact

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has collated a number of resources to provide information on COVID-19 and its impact, including advocacy, clinical practice...
SVS Town Hall COVID-19

“Desperate times require desperate measures,” SVS Town Hall on COVID-19 hears

The imperatives of preserving personal protective equipment (PPE) in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed in depth during a Society for Vascular...

SVS and STS release new Reporting Standards for Type B aortic...

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) are releasing new Reporting Standards to ensure patients with Type B aortic...
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Reaction to the Katsanos et al meta-analysis

Internal BIBA MedTech data show that perceptions on paclitaxel devices have shifted considerably in the twelve months that have elapsed since Konstantinos Katsanos (Patras,...

Ultrasound surveillance following carotid endarterectomy “costly and unlikely to improve outcomes”

According to a recent study, ultrasound surveillance following carotid endarterectomy is “costly and unlikely to improve outcomes or affect management,” even if over 80%...

SVS 2019: Elderly patients should not be denied TEVAR based on...

Ali Azizzadeh (Los Angeles, USA) talks to BLearning at SVS 2019 (Society for Vascular Surgery, 12–15 June, Washington DC, USA) about his recent move from Houston, Texas to...
INCRAFT stent

INCRAFT device deemed safe and effective according to its five-year results

Five-year data from the INSPIRATION US investigational device exception (IDE) pivotal trial confirms favourable safety and effectiveness of the INCRAFT device. Presenting the trial...
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SVS VQI data being “fortified” to shed light on long-term paclitaxel...

 Kim Hodgson (Springfield, USA), president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) for 2019–20 spoke to Vascular News at the organisation’s Vascular Annual Meeting...

SVS addresses uncomfortable survey on physician burnout and depression head-on and...

 Dawn Coleman (Ann Arbor, USA) shares headline findings from a Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) survey that found 41% of 960 respondents met validated...

Society for Vascular Surgery’s VQI adds new analysis to paclitaxel device...

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), with its large multicentre registries has produced several datasets for analysis of vascular patient...

New publisher for SVS publications

A publishing agreement between the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and BIBA Medical Ltd has been signed today by the respective directors at the...

Update from the SVS paclitaxel safety task force

In response to the updated letter to healthcare providers from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) released...
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Mortality from rAAA decreases, but 43% occur in people not qualified...

Even though the number of deaths due to ruptured aortic aneurysms (rAAA) has decreased in the USA by 68% in recent years, a significant...

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...

The “epidemic” of surgeon burnout and a glimpse into the future...

 Ronald L Dalman (Stanford, USA), vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, discusses how aligning an individual surgeon’s goals with those of the...

Recruitment for vascular disease management struggles to keep up with expected...

Shortages in the US vascular surgery workforce was the focus of this year’s Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s...

Final five-year results from the STABLE I feasibility study presented at...

Five-year follow-up data from STABLE I, a global feasibility study of the Zenith Dissection Endovascular stent (Cook Medical), were presented by Joseph Lombardi (Cooper...

New SVS International Lifetime Achievement Award recognises vascular pioneer Roger Greenhalgh

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has introduced a new award, the International Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognises “outstanding contribution to vascular surgery” and...

New Vascular Ultrasound Registry launched, will initially focus on carotid artery...

The registry will combine noninvasive, vascular ultrasound testing data with vascular treatment and outcomes data, making it possible to analyse the relationships between diagnosis...

New SVS Task Force explores Vascular Certification Program

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) executive board has established a task force to explore developing a vascular certification program for inpatient and outpatient...

Society for Vascular Surgery announces 2017-18 leadership

New leaders have been elected at the annual business meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery during the organisation’s annual meeting in San Diego,...

Registration opens for the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting

Registration is now open for the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting, scheduled for 31 May–3 June in San Diego, USA. Plenaries and exhibits open on...

Global variations in abdominal aortic aneurysm care revealed

Despite homogenous professional society recommendations, significant global variation still exists in the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms, a US study published in Circulation has...

Societies urge vascular teams to actively provide smoking cessation assistance

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) have issued a statement encouraging vascular surgery teams to actively assist...

Vascular surgery and nursing societies form alliance

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) have signed an affiliation agreement in which the nursing association will...

SVS and SVM to launch vascular medicine registry

A new vascular medicine registry will be launched in early 2017 by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Society for Vascular Medicine...

New SVS peripheral artery disease reporting standards announced

The Society for Vascular Surgery has released new reporting standards focused on endovascular treatment of chronic lower extremity peripheral artery disease. Recommended reporting standards...

New carotid artery stent procedure to be evaluated by the Society...

A surveillance project to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) in comparison with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is being launched by...