The program for the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting is taking shape, from the educational programming to the more practical offerings under consideration for the new Practice Pavilion. (See story on page 12)

It is the “giving” time of year. The SVS Foundation asks that your giving plans include the Foundation, to fund not only things – research awards, patient education fliers, community awareness projects – but also people.

Holiday Travel Tips from the Society for Vascular Surgery

ROSEMONT, Ill., December 23, 2019 – Nearly one in three Americans traveled during the holidays last year and the Triple A travel organization believes that number is likely to continue to grow. With busy holiday travel schedules comes exposure to a lot of congestion – not only at airports and on the roads – but also congestion due to sickness as well.

Quality of Life After Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis of Proximal Deep Venous Thrombosis

CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 19, 2020 – An analysis of data from the ATTRACT trial published in the online version of the January Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVSVL) reveals that quality of life (QOL) measures improve after pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis (PCDT). This is particularly true early on and for iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis, or DVT.

BY MALACHI G. SHEAHAN III, MD MEDICAL EDITOR, VASCULAR SPECIALIST

Science, snark, and sartorial folly in the debate over operative attire

BY MALACHI G. SHEAHAN III, MD MEDICAL EDITOR, VASCULAR SPECIALIST

As medical editor of Vascular Specialist, it has always been my hope to use our excellent reporters and rapid production schedule to keep readers abreast of the latest news in vascular surgery. While my colleagues at the Journal of Vascular Surgery publish studies that will drive treatment, my goal is to drive discussion.

BY MALACHI G. SHEAHAN III, MD MEDICAL EDITOR, VASCULAR SPECIALIST

Spend a morning in my clinic and it becomes clear that many U.S. medical schools have no formal training in vascular disease. Certainly the symptoms of PAD are never taught; otherwise, why am I being referred so many patients with spinal stenosis? Some days I would have more use for an MRI than for my vascular lab. Then again, reviewing the aftermath of patients “treated” by other specialties, maybe some are better off going undiagnosed.

The EHR and our troubled health care system, Part 1

BY MALACHI G. SHEAHAN III, MD MEDICAL EDITOR, VASCULAR SPECIALIST

Just thought I would write and give you a quick update on our situation, not that you asked. As you recall, a few years ago we spent many hours discussing and planning the Heart and Vascular Service Line that you encouraged us to set up in our new hospital.