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Chicago, IL/Oakbrook Terrace, IL – The Society for Vascular Surgery Patient Safety Organization® (SVS PSO), in collaboration with The American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives, is excited to introduce the Vascular Medicine Registry (VMR) for the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI)….Read More
Medtronic is making updated patient management recommendations related to its voluntary recall of the Valiant Navion™ Thoracic Stent Graft on February 17th, which included the patient recommendation for physicians to follow best clinical practice and make best efforts to evaluate patients with at least annual follow-up according to the recommendations…Read More
Effective immediately the Participation Committee unanimously voted to re-instate LTFU criteria in the 2021 Participation Awards. During the height of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the committee decided to temporarily remove LTFU as criteria for the 2020 Participation Awards. Now that centers have implemented sustainable measures to address COVID-19’s impact (re-assigning…Read More
The SVS PSO would like to make you aware that the FDA has published an update to the 2020 December Safety Communication regarding their intention to convene an Advisory Committee Meeting in 2021. As indicated in the update, the FDA plans to hold a virtual two-day meeting of the…Read More
Feb. 17, 2021 – Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, has voluntarily issued a global recall of unused Medtronic Valiant Navion™ thoracic stent graft system and informed physicians to immediately cease use of the device until further notice.
In accordance with its commitment to patient safety – and…Read More
There’s no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the surgical landscape. The Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC) aims to formally assess the impact of surgical delays on patients with vascular disease as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With members spread across 30 different countries and most of the…Read More
Existing registries have now combined into a single resource focused on improving care and outcomes of patients with vascular disease
WASHINGTON (February 4, 2021) — The American College of Cardiology and Society for Vascular Surgery have moved to a single vascular registry to harness the strengths of both organizations in improving…Read More
Research Rapid-fire Podium Abstracts
VQI is soliciting abstracts for the Research rapid-fire podium session that will take place on the afternoon of August 18, 2021 in San Diego, California at the VQI Annual Meeting. We are hopeful that we will be able to have an in-person meeting. In the…Read More
Important Dates and Times for the 2021 VQI Annual Meeting at VAM
Dates: Tuesday afternoon, August 17, through Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Place: San Diego Convention Center
August 17, 2021 12PM – 6:30PM* Pacific Time
August 18, 2021 8AM – 5PM Pacific Time
*Poster Presentation and Networking Reception – Tuesday, August 17th at 5:00PM to 6:30PM
We…Read More
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication to remind patients and health care providers of the importance of at least yearly, lifelong follow-up for all patients who have any type of Endologix AFX endovascular graft (AFX with Strata, AFX with Duraply, or AFX2) in order…Read More
Chicago, IL and West Lebanon, NH – The Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® (SVS VQI) has recently surpassed 700 participating medical centers and 700,000 procedures. The growth in procedures has been driven by a surge in the growth of the number of practices and physicians involved in the…Read More
