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Comparing Iliofemoral Thrombectomy Devices and AVF Advocacy Wins

Jul 29, 2024
This issue compares four mechanical thrombectomy devices, EKOS, Indigo Lightning Bolt, Inari ClotTriever/RevCore, and JETi, u...
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Vein Specialist Newsletter Introduces New AVF President

Apr 12, 2024
This issue's editor's letter uses the idea of bursting bubbles to reflect on AVF's best-attended annual meeting and the value...
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Understanding Vein Disease: Anatomy, Causes, and Symptoms

Mar 25, 2024
This AVF resource, drawn from The Healthy Veins Book, explains the basics of vein disease for patients and the practice staff...
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What Is Pulmonary Embolism? AVF Patient Guide Explained

Mar 25, 2024
This patient education page explains that a pulmonary embolism is a blood clot, usually from the legs, that blocks blood flow...
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What Is Compression Therapy? AVF Patient Education Guide

Mar 25, 2024
This patient education page explains how graduated compression stockings support leg veins and improve circulation by applyin...
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SVS at AVF: Advocacy, Coding, and VQI Registry Update

Mar 6, 2024
This joint SVS and AVF session opened with the SVS strategic priorities of workforce growth, payment reform, and specialty br...
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AVF Awards Session: Grant Updates and Abstract Honors

Mar 6, 2024
This closing awards session opened with the European Venous Forum best abstract, a meta analysis showing direct oral anticoag...
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President's Session: AVF Leadership, Awards, and Research Vision

Mar 5, 2024
This President's Session opened with reports from the Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic, the membership commit...
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Venous Health Inequities: Disparities, Access, And Research Equity

Mar 4, 2024
This session documents racial and social disparities across venous thromboembolism, from higher VTE rates in Black veterans a...
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Sumner Session: Panel Wisdom On Leadership And Mentorship

Mar 4, 2024
Honoring past AVF president David S. Sumner, this session gathers senior venous leaders for an open panel on leadership devel...
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AVF Previews VENOUS2024 Poster Session and Health Equity Day

Jan 29, 2024
This issue invites members to participate in the VENOUS2024 poster session, noting strong submission interest from local and...
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Vein Specialist Newsletter Calls for Venous Training Standards

Jan 26, 2024
In this January/February issue's editor's letter, the theme of bursting bubbles frames a broader push to end isolated, undert...
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IVUS Roundtable, Leadership Program, and Medicare Update

Jan 26, 2024
This issue reports on a multispecialty roundtable published jointly by SCAI, SIR, and SVS on intravascular ultrasound use in...
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Meet the 2023 AVF Membership Committee and Its Mission

Nov 17, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist profiles the AVF Membership Committee, a group of physician volunteers appointed by the AVF Boa...
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AVF Newsletter Highlights International Membership Benefits

Nov 17, 2023
This Vein Specialist issue spotlights the value of AVF membership for international vascular specialists, from networking wit...
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AVF Member Journeys, Patient Brochures, and Membership Benefits

Nov 17, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist pairs two career journey essays: Kathleen Ozsvath describes building the first outpatient vein...
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Vein Specialist Newsletter Welcomes APPs and Profiles Researchers

Nov 17, 2023
This issue opens with an advanced practice provider's account of AVF broadening membership to include nurse practitioners and...
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JVS-VL Welcomes New Social Media Editor Meryl Simon Logan

Sep 22, 2023
This short issue of Vein Specialist announces that Dr Meryl Simon Logan has joined the Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and...
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Koya Dayspring Compression Device and AI for AVF Engagement

Sep 22, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist introduces Koya Medical's Dayspring, a portable non-pneumatic compression device that uses a sm...
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AVF Leadership, Pediatric Lymphedema Champions, and Grant Winners

May 25, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist introduces the 2023 AVF Board of Directors and Executive Committee, led by President Glenn Jaco...
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Cancer Thrombosis DOAC Update and the AVF President's Message

May 25, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist covers two major topics. A clinical review traces how direct oral anticoagulants such as edoxab...
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JVSVL 2023 Goals and the VEIN Platform Study for Leg Ulcers

Mar 28, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist details the 2023 goals of the Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVSVL...
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VENOUS2023 Recap: New AVF President and Strandness Keynote Highlights

Mar 24, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist recaps VENOUS2023, the American Venous Forum's annual meeting themed One World Many Voices. It...
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AVF Toolkit: Guidelines, Member Resources and Advocacy Update

Feb 24, 2023
The AVF Toolkit session reviewed the new 2022 SVS, AVF and AVLS clinical practice guidelines part one on duplex scanning and...

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