Articles

July 27, 2018 • Article

JVS: Statin Therapy after AAA Repair

Statin therapy can boost survival rates in patients undergoing repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to an article in the August issue of Journal of Vascular Surgery. Researchers studied patients without documented statin intolerance undergoing AAA repair in the Vascular Quality Initiative between 2003 and 2017.

July 27, 2018 • Article

JVS Publications to Debut 4th Research Journal

A new Journal of Vascular Surgery publication, “JVS: Vascular Science” is planned to launch in early 2019, Drs. Peter Gloviczki and Peter Lawrence announced at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Annual Meeting.

July 24, 2018 • Article

The national shortage of vascular surgeons

This year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum addressed the current status of the vascular surgery workforce, its existing geographic distribution, the potential for a worsening shortage, and proposed solutions to ensure future vascular care delivery.

July 24, 2018 • Article

SVS Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Gregorio Sicard, a ‘Surgeon’s Surgeon’

Back at the dawn of the endovascular revolution, many other surgical specialties were vying to dominate minimally invasive endovascular procedures. Vascular surgery, the standard bearer of open vascular surgery, could have gone the way of buggy whips. But this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awardee, Dr. Gregorio Sicard, was one of a dedicated group of vascular surgeon leaders who kept that from happening.

July 24, 2018 • Article

Saving the Community’s Health, One Project at a Time

A handful of SVS members will soon begin implementing projects to improve community health in three areas throughout the United States. The plans are the result of the new SVS Foundation Community Awareness and Prevention Project Grants. The first recipients were announced during the SVS Vascular Annual Meeting in June.