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December 18, 2017 • Press Release
Most-Asked Questions About Vascular Disease
2017’s most frequently asked questions about vein and artery disease CHICAGO, Illinois, December 18, 2017 – For patients and their families, when the doctor talks about vascular disease it can be baffling. Vascular diseases have long, complicated names or acronyms and refer to parts of the body we sometimes don’t understand.
November 21, 2017 • Press Release
First Week Appears to be Critical Time for CEA After Stroke Event: Study
“Early Carotid Endarterectomy Performed 2 To 5 Days After the Onset of Neurologic Symptoms Leads to Comparable Results to Carotid Endarterectomy Performed at Later Time Points.” Journal of Vascular Surgery, December 2017. CHICAGO, Illinois, December 2017 – A newly published analysis suggests that the optimal timing of a carotid endarterectomy is after 48 hours but within the first week after a major or minor stroke.
November 10, 2017 • Press Release
Have Diabetes? A Few Simple Steps May Keep Your Feet Healthy
November is American Diabetes Month CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 9, 2017 – If you have diabetes and think you are otherwise healthy, it can be easy to ignore the doctor’s good advice.
October 26, 2017 • Press Release
Saving ruptured AAA patients percutaneously not inferior to femoral cutdown
“Comparison of Percutaneous Versus Open Femoral Cut Down Access for Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.” Journal of Vascular Surgery, November, 2017 CHICAGO, Illinois, November, 2017 – Around 20 years ago, a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) was often an instant death sentence. More than half of patients never made it to the hospital alive and even if they did, the overall mortality rate was higher than 80 percent.
October 24, 2017 • Press Release
Post-thrombotic venous obstructions and stenting across the inguinal ligament
“Contemporary Outcomes of Elective Iliocaval and Infrainguinal Venous Intervention for Post-Thrombotic Chronic Venous Occlusive Disease." Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Diseases, November, 2017. CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 24, 2017 – Endovascular treatment of iliocaval and infrainguinal post-thrombotic venous obstruction results do not appear to be adversely affected by extension of the iliac vein stents into the femoral venous system, according to a report in the November edition of the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Diseases.
