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AAA size a good predictor of outcomes after EVAR

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SVS:- AAA size predicts outcomes after endovascular repair

DIFFERENCES IN PATIENT SELECTION AND OUTCOMES BASED ON ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM DIAMETER THRESHOLDS IN THE VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE. November 2019, Journal of Vascular Surgery.

Letter From the SVS Foundation Chair

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Dear Friends,

The SVS Foundation is a fundamental part of our Society, entrusted with supporting programs that advance our knowledge of vascular disease and improve the care delivery process to our patients and communities.

October Spotlight

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SVS member Matthew Edwards, MD, and wife, Angela Edwards, MD, were named co-chairs for the 27th Annual Winston-Salem Heart and Stroke Walk in late September.

Diabetes and Vascular Disease

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Resources for patients, families and physicians

Considered one of the largest global health emergencies, diabetes is dangerous in large part because high blood sugar damages blood vessels. It also magnifies the effects of other health complications.

 

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Abstracts for VRIC, VAM 2021

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Calling surgeons and scientists: Your research is wanted. Submission sites are now open for two annual SVS meetings in 2021, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) and the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM).

Dig deep this Giving Tuesday

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Will you give on Giving Tuesday? This will be the SVS Foundation’s third year marking the annual global day of giving— Dec. 1, this year—which follows Thanksgiving and the big shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Varicose Versus Spider Veins: Understand the Difference and Know When to Seek Treatment Help

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The vascular system is like the highway of the body – composed of blood vessels including arteries, veins and capillaries. Vascular disease is any condition of the almost 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the body; any complication along this highway can cause problems and health risk. In most cases, however, vascular conditions are highly treatable, often without surgery. Two common vein conditions include spider veins and varicose veins, but what are the differences?

Visit, re-visit SVS ONLINE

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By Beth Bales

There’s still time to view presentations from this past summer’s SVS ONLINE: “New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery,” held virtually from late June to early July. Credits for sessions that offer them are available through Oct. 31.

Science at twilight: Reasserting our democratic responsibility

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As the election nears, most of you identify as Democrat or Republican. Without abandoning your core beliefs, I would ask you to consider another affiliation—that of a scientist. Scientists can be progressive or conservative. Their one shared political principle is anti-authoritarianism. Tyrants have taken many roles: dictator, pope and king. Regardless of the form, eventually he (it is usually he) needs to tear down the truth. And it is science that stands in the way.

Recent Articles

Abstracts for VRIC, VAM 2021

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Calling surgeons and scientists: Your research is wanted. Submission sites are now open for two annual SVS meetings in 2021, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) and the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM).

Dig deep this Giving Tuesday

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Will you give on Giving Tuesday? This will be the SVS Foundation’s third year marking the annual global day of giving— Dec. 1, this year—which follows Thanksgiving and the big shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Varicose Versus Spider Veins: Understand the Difference and Know When to Seek Treatment Help

Press Release

The vascular system is like the highway of the body – composed of blood vessels including arteries, veins and capillaries. Vascular disease is any condition of the almost 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the body; any complication along this highway can cause problems and health risk. In most cases, however, vascular conditions are highly treatable, often without surgery. Two common vein conditions include spider veins and varicose veins, but what are the differences?

Visit, re-visit SVS ONLINE

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By Beth Bales

There’s still time to view presentations from this past summer’s SVS ONLINE: “New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery,” held virtually from late June to early July. Credits for sessions that offer them are available through Oct. 31.

Science at twilight: Reasserting our democratic responsibility

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As the election nears, most of you identify as Democrat or Republican. Without abandoning your core beliefs, I would ask you to consider another affiliation—that of a scientist. Scientists can be progressive or conservative. Their one shared political principle is anti-authoritarianism. Tyrants have taken many roles: dictator, pope and king. Regardless of the form, eventually he (it is usually he) needs to tear down the truth. And it is science that stands in the way.