Conference Coverage
Early PCI now favored in stable CAD
PARIS – New data prompt reappraisal, boost interventional approach.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Breakthrough in noninvasive assessment of multivessel CAD
New results from the SYNTAX II study show that a new noninvasive assessment is on the horizon.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Autism screening tests fall short
Parents of children with false-negative M-CHAT results as less developed.
Conference Coverage
Breakthrough in noninvasive assessment of multivessel CAD
PARIS – “We are on the verge of a major change,” said Dr. Patrick W. Serruys.
News
FDA recalls HeartMate 3 LV assist device
FDA’s endorses company’s “corrective action” without discontinuing device use but warns that serious health problems or deaths are possible.
Feature
Drugmakers blamed for blocking generics have cost U.S. billions
By delaying development of generics, drugmakers can maintain their monopolies and keep prices high.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Atopic Dermatitis severity reduced by topical microbiome treatment
Small study in adults and kids suggests treatment effective.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves Doptelet for liver disease patients undergoing procedures
Avatrombopag (Doptelet) is the first drug approved for thrombocytopenia in adults who have chronic liver disease and are undergoing a procedure....
From the Journals
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Preop measures that predict death
Four preop measures indicate 30-day mortality risk following repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs)
Vascular Annual Meeting
Dear VESS Members and Attendees: Welcome to Spring Meeting
VESS remains focused on engaging vascular trainees and vascular surgeons within a framework of collegial academic excellence.
Vascular Annual Meeting
With Collaboration the Norm, Fitting For Nurses, Surgeons to Have Meetings in Tandem
It seems fitting, said Tiffany Street, President of the Society for Vascular Nursing, that SVN and SVS have their conferences in the same location...
Vascular Annual Meeting
Crawford Forum Celebrates 25 Years
Who was E. Stanley Crawford? He was a “cardiovascular surgeon extraordinare,” according to the late Calvin Ernst, MD.
Vascular Annual Meeting
See You in Beantown!
Boston is my hometown and I can’t wait to show it off at our Vascular Annual Meeting.
News from the SVS
Register for the Vascular Annual Meeting Today
Conference Coverage
CANVAS: Canagliflozin improved renal outcomes in diabetes
Austin, Tex. – This is in addition to reducing the risk of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Heart rate variability a risk factor for depression?
Some have thought that depression may lead to unfavorable effects on heart rate variability, but new research seems to point in the opposite...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Suicide prevention gets ‘standard care’ recommendations
The recommendations specify interventions for four separate settings
Feature
Surgical specialists are top earners
Neurosurgeons and thoracic surgeons topped $600,000 in average compensation last year.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Gun ownership, suicide link largely ignored
And parents are more into pot than tobacco.
Conference Coverage
Design limitations may have compromised DVT intervention trial
WASHINGTON – The preferred evaluation – intravascular ultrasound – was not used.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Many moms with postpartum depression go untreated
The White House unveils plans to improve drug transparency.
Residents' News
- Taking a leap of faith
- Residency is like an IRONMAN
- Commentary: Should board exams include a technical skill assessment? A European perspective
- General surgeons getting less vascular training
- Shorter hours, longer breaks for surgery residents not shown to improve patient outcomes
- Vascular: The Final Frontier - Pushing vascular science where no science has gone before
- Residents’ Forum: Docs not at par on post-call days
- Analysis finds 28.8% prevalence of depression in residents
- The six Ps of vascular surgery
- Private-academic surgeon salary gap raises concerns Lifestyle choice important Not just the money
Commentary
- Risking it all on the miracle of teamwork
- Preventive health: Getting rid of the middleman (uh-oh, that’s us!)
- Point/Counterpoint: Should FEVAR be used for a short neck?
- CMS clinical trials raise cardiac mortality
- Shinal v. Toms: It’s Now Harder to Get Informed Consent
- Letters to the Editor: 'Endo hubris' - We got letters
- Mitigating Burnout - Part 3
- Special Report II: Tackling Burnout
- Hard road disproving that statins make you dumb
- Point/Counterpoint: Is endograft PAA repair durable?
