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For press releases, media inquiries or to speak with a vascular surgeon, contact Beth Bales at (312) 334-2316 or by email. (No solicitors, please.)
August 19, 2019 • Press Release
When varicose veins could need medical attention
Most of the millions of people with varicose veins don’t consider them a medical issue, unless they happen to be painful, achy or inflamed.
August 5, 2019 • Press Release
Good news for PAD intervention patients who take statins
STATIN USE ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED LIMB SALVAGE AFTER INTERVENTION FOR PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE, Journal for Vascular Surgery, August 2019.
July 23, 2019 • Press Release
JVS: Early results found similar risks for TCAR and CEA at 30 days and 1 year
A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSCAROTID ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION COMPARED TO CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY, July 2019, Journal of Vascular Surgery. ROSEMONT, Illinois, July 2019 – The first report of a matched analysis of TCAR (transcarotid artery revascularization) and CEA (carotid endarterectomy) reveals similar incidence of stroke and death at both 30 days and one year. Results suggest that the new procedure could become an important part of vascular surgeons’ armamentarium in treating significant carotid stenosis.
July 22, 2019 • Press Release
Are athletes getting more injuries from TOS?
ROSEMONT, Ill., July 22, 2019 – Hardly a sports season goes by without at least one professional player going on the injured list for thoracic outlet syndrome, also called TOS.
July 10, 2019 • Press Release
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson elected SVS President
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson, chair of the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., was elected president of the Society for Vascular Surgery for 2019-20 at the organization’s Vascular Annual Meeting in June.