Tag: VQI
TCAR and endarterectomy both “reasonable” but stenting linked to worse outcomes...
A study examining outcomes between different carotid revascularisation procedures has concluded that transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) both represent a “reasonable...
New data underscore physician experience levels required to derive benefit from...
Data from a new study that maps out the levels at which adverse postoperative events decrease following transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TfCAS) based on...
Endarterectomy and TCAR “continue to show superior outcomes” to transfemoral stenting
Researchers led by a vascular team in Indianapolis found that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) remains the most-used strategy in carotid revascularisation, with CEA and transcarotid...
“Significant” increase in atherectomy use in the USA largely driven by...
In the USA, atherectomy use in peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs) “more than doubled” from 2010 to 2019, with office-based procedures a “major driver” of...
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...
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...
Performance of commonly-used risk scores for AAA repair varies, study finds
As regards in-hospital mortality for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, researchers have found that “not all risk scores are created equal”. Livia E V...
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...
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 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...
