Press Releases

August 1, 2017 • Press Release

New SVS Task Force Explores Vascular Certification Program

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1, 2017 – The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) executive board has established a task force to explore developing a vascular certification program for inpatient and outpatient centers. Noting the shift in professional reimbursement from payment for volume to payment for quality, along with a surge in outpatient endovascular care, “The SVS executive board believes that it is a critical time for vascular surgery to set standards based on quality improvement, efficiency and appropriateness,” said Dr. R. Clement Darling III, SVS president.

July 24, 2017 • Press Release

Safety-net burden associated with higher failure to rescue after open AAA

HOSPITALS WITH MORE UNINSURED PATIENTS HAVE HIGHER FAILURE TO RESCUE RATES FOR OPEN AORTIC SURGERY “Effects of Hospital Safety-Net Burden and Hospital Volume on Failure to Rescue After Open Abdominal Aortic Surgery,” Journal of Vascular Surgery, August, 2017. CHICAGO, Illinois, August, 2017 – As Congress debates funding Medicaid and the uninsured, a new vascular study finds that hospitals with a high ratio of those two patient groups are less able to save patients who develop serious surgical complications.

July 20, 2017 • Press Release

Why the Mediterranean diet is good for vascular health

Eat like an Italian (minus the pizza) Nutrition Tips for Better Vascular Health CHICAGO, Illinois, July 24, 2017 – Mediterranean cuisine has gotten a lot of attention for its potential impact on cardiovascular health. In fact, newer research in the Moli-Sani Study has added to the mounting evidence that certain food choices of Italians who live in the Molise region correlated with 37 percent fewer deaths during the research than those who didn’t make those choices.

July 5, 2017 • Press Release

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June 22, 2017 • Press Release

Gender Important to TEVAR Decision

“Female Sex Independently Predicts Mortality After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Intact Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms.” July, 2017, Journal of Vascular Surgery.