Venous

Standardizing Endovascular Ligation of Venous Side Branches in Failing Dialysis Fistulas Using Mathematical Physics

Purpose: Small branching veins that arise from the outflow of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are seen during fistulograms performed to evaluate for poor function. The mechanism leading to ...

T. S. Harmon ;

J. Matteo ;

T. Brady ;

01/21/2022

Contrast-Free Evaluation and Intervention of Hemodialysis Access Guided by Intravascular Ultrasonography

Purpose: Ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography are the standard of care for evaluation of hemodialysis (HD) arteriovenous access. However, in patients with a severe allergy to io...

01/20/2022

Meeting Exclusives

Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filters — Do It

02/24/2020

Jafar Golzarian, MD, and Constantino Peña, MD, spoke in a session dedicated to pulmonary embolism (PE) and filters.

Jafar Golzarian, MD, and...

02/24/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Meeting Exclusives

VIRTUS: Two-Year Data on Venous Stent “Excellent”

02/10/2020

Two-year findings from the VIRTUS trial of the VICI venous stent (Boston Scientific) showed a primary patency rate of 79.4%. As has been seen in other trials, primary patency was higher in non-thrombotic lesions (94.6%) as compared to...

Two-year findings from the...

02/10/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Venous Stenting and Why We Need It

02/07/2020

Endovenous stenting to relieve chronic venous disease secondary to post-thrombotic or non-thrombotic iliac vein obstruction is becoming increasingly established.

Endovenous stenting to relieve...

02/07/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Meeting Exclusives

Endo AV Access: New Data Emerge on the WavelinQ System

01/28/2020

Rob Jones, MD, presented a first-time data release from the prospective, multicenter study to evaluate the WavelinQ endoAVF system (BD), used to create an endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF) for patients requiring vascular access for...

Rob Jones, MD, presented a...

01/28/2020

Vascular Disease Management

IN.PACT AV Access Meets Endpoints in Six-Month Results; Follow-Up Extended to 5 Years

01/24/2020

Hollywood, FL (January 23, 2020) -- Robert Lookstein, MD, presented the 6-month results of the IN.PACT AV access trial at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET). This study is the second pivotal drug-coated balloon (DCB)...

Hollywood, FL (January 23, 2020)...

01/24/2020

Vascular Disease Management

ABRE IDE Study of Medtronic’s Venous Stent Finishes Enrollment, Baseline Demographics Released

01/24/2020

Enrollment is completed and baseline demographics available for the ABRE IDE study of the ABRE Venous Stent (Medtronic), according to principal instigator Erin Murphy, MD, director of the venous and lymphatic program at Carolinas HealthCare...

Enrollment is completed and...

01/24/2020

Vascular Disease Management

VERNACULAR: Two-Year Data Strong for Venovo Venous Stent

01/23/2020

At two years, primary patency was 84.3% with the Venovo venous stent (BD) in iliac and femoral vein obstructions, with the rates of freedom from target lesion revascularization (TLR) and target vessel revascularization (TVR) both clocking in...

At two years, primary patency...

01/23/2020

Vascular Disease Management