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November 15, 2018 • Press Release
Obese patients have more post-op trouble after open AAA repair
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have found that obese patients were more likely to have longer procedures and to lose more blood than those who were not obese, and obese patients were more likely to have post-operative problems such as renal failure or wound infections.
November 1, 2018 • Press Release
Diabetes - 3 warnings signs of vascular disease
Diabetes can put patients at risk for vascular disease and limb loss INSULIN-DEPENDENT PATIENTS MAY HAVE WORSE VASCULAR SURGICAL OUTCOMES
October 29, 2018 • Press Release
Carotid controversy: Medication alone may not eliminate stroke risk
Recent advances in statins and other medications have led some researchers to suggest that surgical treatments for carotid stenosis should be limited to symptomatic patients – primarily those who have already had a stroke or TIA. However, a new study published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery questions whether medical therapy is a sufficient stroke-reduction strategy. In the study, only 35 percent of stroke patients were receiving both statin and antiplatelet agents prior to their event, suggesting that asymptomatic carotid disease is unrecognized in many individuals, noted lead researcher Dr. W. Darrin Clouse of Massachusetts General Hospital. “And the first manifestation of their disease,” he wrote, “could be the occurrence of a stroke.”
October 18, 2018 • Press Release
Who can survive a ruptured rAAA?
Society for Vascular Surgery journal publishes quick, new test to assess the odds CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 18, 2018 – A ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) is a medical emergency.
October 16, 2018 • Press Release
JVSVL: Compression may promote, but not cause, iliac DVT
SVS: Compression may promote, but not cause, iliac DVT LEFT ILIAC VEIN COMPRESSION IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INFRAINGUINAL DVT BUT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ILIAC VEIN INVOLVEMENT. Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, November 2018. CHICAGO, Illinois, November 2018 – A recent study of a large series of patients with iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis (DVT) from Nanchang University suggests that, in general, compression itself is not the precipitating factor in iliac DVT; rather, it is the promoter of iliac DVT should infra-inguinal thrombosis occur.
