Society for Vascular Surgery

Patterns of Index Endovascular Compared With Surgical Revascularization for Femoropopliteal Disease in Patients With Claudication Using Medicare-linked Data

OBJECTIVE: To compare outcomes of endovascular versus open infrainguinal bypass in patients with claudication. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: PAD research has focused largely on CLTI, yet 20% of patients present with claudication and may not improve with medical therapy alone. Durab...

Baseline Descending Aortic Diameter Drives Long-Term Failure of Conservative Management in Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection.

Objective Failure of conservative management in patients with initially uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection (TBAAD) remains clinically relevant. This study evaluated whether commonly cited imaging-based morphologic features are associated with long-term failure of conser...

Vascular medicine in older adults – A call for structured cooperation to improve care

The patient population treated by vascular medicine is becoming older, which goes along with an increasing number of patients presenting with frailty syndrome. The level of frailty determines the outcomes after vascular surgery or interventions. This position paper written by the...