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Societies Respond to Publication of MR CLEAN Trial Data

December 17, 2014—The Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS) and the European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) have commented on the publication of the MR CLEAN study online in The New England Journal of Medicine, which demonstrated that the addition of intra-arterial clot removal is more effective than intravenous-administered tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA, alteplase) therapy alone for the treatment of stroke. On December 22, leaders of the Society of Vascular & Interventional Neurology (SVIN) issued a statement on the MR CLEAN data.

SNIS Lauds ESCAPE and EXTEND-IA Stroke Trials

February 11, 2015—The Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS) announced that data from the ESCAPE and EXTEND-IA clinical trials studying the treatment of stroke demonstrate that neurointerventional procedures significantly increase the number of patients who are able to live independently without major neurological disabilities.

SVS Announces New Collection of JVS Articles on Impact of COVID-19 in Treating Vascular Disease

May 6, 2020—The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) announced that a compilation of fast-tracked articles designed to proactively provide solutions to deliver the best care in the current COVID-19 environment has been published and organized as the COVID-19 Collection in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS).