Terumo Aortic announces first implant of custom-made thoracoabdominal hybrid device in North America - bit.ly/41EzYW8 Terumo Aortic

Fresh from #asa23 in Toronto #FBEVAR in 2,603 #TAAA patients with mortality of 4.5% for elective and 17% for non-elective procedures. Risk of aortic death 9% in 5yrs. Next steps: how to reduce reintervention and cost?

BASIL2 RCT paper now available on The Lancet Endovascular strategy superior for BTK lesions in terms of amputation free survival. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Congratulations and great work to Rohini Patel and @fallentineMS4 (who won’t be an MS4 forever) on their great presentations! Representing UC San Diego Surgery at SoCal Vascular!!! #scvss #scvss2023

70 years ago (May 6, 1953), Dr. John Gibbon used a heart-lung machine for the first time on an 18-year-old female ASD patient. A well-prepared giant achievement and the very begin of modern cardiac surgery! It also may remind us to foster innovation and allow disruptive ideas.

Apple Watch helps save woman’s life after collapsing in a hotel room from a ruptured aorta #aorticaneurysm 9to5mac.com/2023/05/05/app…

To everyone who will be at #VAM23 if you treat TBAD and have an opinion, idea, input, criticism, concern, question or just for “the love of the game”…join us next Friday 🙏 Panos Kougias MD MSc @ShereneShalhub Vascular SVS Michael S. Conte, MD

Simultaneous #VAM23 presentation and Journal of Vascular Surgery publication. What a great value add for Vascular SVS members and investigators.

Mounir J. Haurani Sean Lyden and PAC leaders Mark Mattos and Peter Connolly - good policy and sustainable payment are critical to vascular surgeons and the Vascular SVS mission

Fresh off the press. Our #HOPE team was invited to put together a step by step review of arterialization techniques. Open and endo are complimentary and each have their place. Read and share 🙏 doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsc… Jill Sommerset Matthew Smeds Hendolat Vascupedia

The Cook ZFEN+ IDE is approved by the FDA to start trial. Finally a tailored, patient specific fenestrated stent-graft to repair complex aortic aneurysms with more sealing, less compromise on vessel incorporation. It will expand indications of EVAR significantly!

📢Have you registered for the 2023 UCSF Vascular Symposium yet? Visit our website to register and view the fast-paced program including debates, interactive case discussions, and expert panels with an outstanding multi-disciplinary faculty. vascularsymposium.ucsf.edu

UPDATE: Risk of Mortality Associated with Paclitaxel-Coated Devices to Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease is No Longer Supported Based on Data and Analyses - Letter to Health Care Providers fda.gov/medical-device…

If you knew and loved him, a GoFundMe has been set up to help his family with expenses: gofund.me/a7796250

So honored to have worked on this issue with such an amazing and inspiring team 🥰🥳

TODAY and everyday

Ingenuity in the Cath Lab. Endovascular Aortic Root Repair (Endo-Bentall) for Acute Type A Dissection. ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116… Shahab Mehrdad Ghoreishi #TAVR #TEVAR #Cardiotwitter #AHAJournals

Roger Malcolm Greenhalgh, the surgeon internationally renowned for his unparalleled contribution to vascular education, training and research, died peacefully on 6th October, aged 82. Read the full Obituary here: vascularnews.com/obituary-roger…

Never leave a hypo or SGA behind. #evar #hypopres #IBDforall

Successful repair of rupture #pararenal #aaa for failed #EVAR with Gore WLGoreMedical #TAMBE transfemoral due to frozen shoulder and shaggy arch UC San Diego Surgery