Reconsidering Aortic Aneurysm Repair and Reintervention

By Tara M. Mastracci, MD, and Sara L. Zettervall, MD, MPH

Evolving Views on Reintervention After Aortic Repair

Drs. Javairiah Fatima and Marc Schermerhorn share perspectives on whether reintervention necessarily constitutes failure.

With Javairiah Fatima, MD, FACS, RPVI, DFSVS, and Marc Schermerhorn, MD

FDA Perspectives on Aortic Reinterventions

What is the gold standard for follow-up, and what makes good follow-up practices?

With Rohini Retarekar, PhD; Robert Lee, MD; Ronald Fairman, MD; and Carmen Gacchina Johnson, PhD

Planning and Preventing Aortic Reintervention With a Multispecialty Approach

Insights from the University of Washington multidisciplinary thoracic aortic program, including the benefits of a patient-centric, team-based approach to complex aortic care and how to approach reintervention and follow-up.

With Christopher R. Burke, MD

Revisionist Reintervention: If I Knew Then What I Know Now

Lessons learned about complex aortic aneurysm repair include the importance of meticulous preoperative planning and device design, as well as the need to choose a safe landing zone that provides for durable repair while allowing for future reintervention.

By Mark A. Farber, MD, FACS, and Fernando Motta, MD

Recognizing Disparities: Aortic Intervention That Is Avoidable, Unnecessary, Unjust?

A commentary on the impact of equity domains in AAA surveillance and reintervention and the current understanding of individual domains on outcome after EVAR.

By Miranda Witheford, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Health Care Disparities and the Impact on Aortic Reintervention

What is known about disparities in aortic reintervention and what impacts care, barriers to diagnosis and surveillance, steps toward solutions, and key unanswered questions.

With Karina Newhall, MD, MS

Improving EVAR Through Simulation Training

Integrating scrub nurses into simulated training programs results in improved patient safety and job satisfaction.

By Rebecca Skov, MD; Jonathan Lawaetz, MD, PhD; Lise Westerlin, RN; Timothy Resch, MD, PhD; and Jonas Eiberg, MD, PhD

Highlights From the ESVS 2024 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Abdominal Aortoiliac Artery Aneurysms

Selected new and revised recommendations from the updated AAA guidelines.

By Isabelle Van Herzeele, MD, PhD; Carlota F. Prendes, MD, PhD; Kevin Mani, MD, PhD; Nikolaos Tsilimparis, MD, PhD; Frederico Bastos Gonçalves, MD, PhD; and Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD

Contemplating the Gaps in Superficial Venous Care

Identifying the crucial needs to address in the identification, workup, and treatment of superficial venous disease.

With Teodora Bochnakova, MD; Chelsea Dorsey, MD, FACS, RPVI; Nasim Hedayati, MD, MAS, FACS, DFSVS, RPVI; and Kathleen Ozsvath, MD, FACS

Current Diagnostic Strategies for Superficial Venous Insufficiency

Imaging for superficial venous procedures: what to use, when to use it, and what’s on the horizon.

By Christopher Montoya, MD; Jan M. Sloves, RVT, RCS, FASE; and Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT

An Interview With Michel M.P.J. Reijnen, MD, PhD

Prof. Reijnen ponders innovations and unmet clinical needs in the vascular field, both clinically in the Rijnstate Hospital and from a translational point of view; the aims of Multi-Modality Medical Imaging group at University of Twente; next steps for the CERAB technique; and more.