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
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
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
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
In this Issue:
COVID-19 Update
ACC, SVS Join Forces on Single Vascular Registry
VQI Online
Certificate of Attendance – VQI Online
SVS PSO, SVM and the AHA Introduce Vascular Medicine Consult Registry
What is VISION?
M2S Corner
Updates on Research Advisory Council Resources
Society for Vascular Nursing News
Keeping You in the Loop
Dates…Read More
ACC, SVS Join Forces on Single Vascular Registry
Existing registries combine into one resource focused on improving care and outcomes of patients with vascular disease
WASHINGTON (June 23, 2020) — The American College of Cardiology and Society for Vascular Surgery are collaborating on a single vascular registry to harness the strengths of…Read More
Unfortunately the SVS has had to make the difficult decision to cancel the Vascular Annual Meeting and the VQI Annual Meeting.
We have already started our planning to offer a virtual education experience in place of the VQI Annual Meeting. While…Read More
We have updated our guidance and scoring for the VQI Participation Awards for 2020 – please see below:
