News and information on minimally invasive vascular disease therapies, covering peripheral vascular disease, aneurysms, stroke, hypertension, dialysis access, and venous issues.

Appropriate confirmatory diagnostic imaging on an “intent-to-treat” basis prior to stenting is critical. A combination of multiplanar venography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) are gold standards for proper stent placement to identify the degree of stenosis and length of disease.

January 6, 2025—Stryker announced a definitive agreement to acquire Inari Medical, Inc. for approximately $4.9 billion. Inari was founded in 201

July 2022 Migration and Other Venous Stenting Complications: How to Identify and Avoid Them. Understanding the mechanisms underlying stent migration, stent fractures, chronic back and pelvic pain, and restenosis or occlusion and reducing these complications with appropriate patient selection, procedural technique, and thorough postprocedural protocols.

Exploring the Pulmonary Embolism Interventional Trial Landscape. The current PE clinical study landscape, how PE trials compare with DVT trials, lessons learned from single-center studies, strengths and limitations of new-generation trials, study design considerations, and …

Study Examines Nationwide Trends in Aortic Aneurysm Admissions and Repairs. January 31, 2025—In a multicenter, retrospective review of patients admitted with intact and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs), and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs), Conroy et al found that use of endovascular and complex endovascular techniques increased over the ...

Deep Venous Disease Patient Advocacy. Moderator Suresh Vedantham, MD, asks Leslie Lake, Volunteer President of the National Blood Clot Alliance and bilateral PE survivor, about patient and physician engagement in the organization, educational and outreach initiatives in deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism, how physicians can get involved in patient advocacy, and more.

December 3, 2024—Balt, Inc., developer of the investigational Squid liquid embolic, recently announced the publication of STEM—the Squid trial for the embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) for the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH).

December 9, 2024—In a multicenter, prospective, nonrandomized study evaluating outcomes of fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair (FB-EVAR) in patients with asymptomatic, intact thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs), Oderich et al found that the procedure was effective out to 5 years, with a low incidence of early and late …

June 23, 2023—Biolitec AG, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is introducing two new products in its Elves Radial family of endolaser vein system devices for minimally invasive laser treatment of insufficient veins at the 23rd European Venous Forum held in …