The authors of the Virtual Vascular chapter on "Aortic graft infection and mycotic (infected) aortic aneurysms", Anders Wanhainen, Hamid Gavali, and Ivika Heinola, join us on this week's podcast to talk about mycotic aneurysms. Virtual Vascular is an online living textbook, with chapters on various topics in vascular surgery, written by experts around the globe. It is accessible via the ESVS Library, open to all ESVS Members.

In this podcast we talk with Dr. David Lewis, head of the ESVS Academy’s Professional Development and Academic pathway, about the importance of non-technical skills for surgeons, aspects of vascular surgical training that are often overlooked on training programs, what workshops this pathway includes, and who they are addressed to, among other details. You will definitely find it interesting and useful.

This is the third and last podcast of the Q&A series on the ESVS 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Antithrombotic Therapy for Vascular Diseases. In this last edition, we talk with Prof. Chris Twine and Stavros Kakkos about some recommendations and their underlying evidence regarding antithrombotic treatment in venous thromboembolic disease and vascular access for haemodialysis. It has been a pleasure learning from these world experts. More Q&A series on new ESVS clinical practice...

Here comes the second podcast of the Q&A series on the ESVS 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Antithrombotic Therapy for Vascular Diseases. This time we address, with Prof. Chris Twine, evidence and recommendations for antithrombotic treatment in lower limb ischemic disease. A must!

Here is the first of a series of Q&A podcasts on ESVS clinical practice guidelines. We start with the ESVS 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Antithrombotic Therapy for Vascular Diseases, and, in this first release, Prof. Chris Twine clarifies the evidence underlying some recommendations on antithrombotic therapy in carotid artery disease. Key for our everyday clinical practice, don't miss it!

Welcome to the Transatlantic Series, a co-production of Audible Bleeding (a publication of the SVS) and the ESVS podcast. In today’s episode, we explore the intersocietal guidelines on peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes and foot ulcers authored by the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot, the European Society for Vascular Surgery, and the Society for Vascular Surgery. Dr. Robert Fitridge is a Professor of Vascular Surgery at University of Adelaide in Australia....

The 2024 ESVS Translational Spring Meeting will take place in Stockholm on the 3rd and 4th of June. The head of the organizing committee, Prof. Ulf Hedin, and one of the local vascular residents, Moritz Lindquist Liljeqvist, talk to us about the importance of translational science, the program highlights, the spirit of the meeting and much more. Don't miss it! https://esvs.org/events/translational-meeting-2024/

This week, we are completing the podcast series on FEBVS exam preparations, just in time for our listeners who are taking the exam in a month. Together with Prof. Mauro Gargiulo, we will walk you through the Overall Vivas, once again, with clinical scenarios from previous exams. Enjoy, and good luck to all the future fellows!     Shownotes: Take a look at those ESVS podcasts to assist you with theoretical information from cases discussed in the podcast: ESVS Podcast on Popliteal Artery...

In this week's podcast, we are covering FEBVS exam preparation part 3, to be more specific, the most demanding part for most – academic paper appraisal. Together with Prof. M. Gargiulo, we will illustrate how to appraise a paper using an article from previous exams.   Shownotes: Official UEMS page for more information: https://uemsvascular.com/wpsite/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FEBVS_Academic-Paper.pdf Useful links for paper...

In this week’s podcast together with Prof. M. Gargiulo, we will cover the FEBVS exam prep part 2. We will go through clinical cases, illustrating them with real cases from previous FEBVS exams. Below, you will find some helpful links for more information. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or suggestions. Links: Link to the official page: https://uemsvascular.com/febvs-examination/ Frequently asked questions:...

This week together with prof. A.Mansilha we will talk about the FEBVS exam. This is the first of four-podcast series on the preparation for FEBVS exam. In this podcast we will cover the general concerns regarding the exam and it’s structure. In the following podcast we will walk future fellows through the exam, illustrating it with real cases from the previous exams. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or suggestions. Links: Link to the official page:...

The podcast team wishes you all a Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2024, we are talking with Dr. Julien Possoz and Dr. Charles Swaelens, both vascular surgeons from the Grand Hôpital de Charleroi in Belgium about their experience in robot-assisted aortic surgery, mainly for aortic occlusive disease. They have performed about 100 procedures in the past years and tell us all about their experience in launching the robotic program and their tips & tricks.

In today’s episode, we talk with Prof. Bijan Modarai, the chair of the writing committee of the 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Radiation Safety. This is the last podcast episode that was recorded during the Annual Meeting in Belfast.

During #ESVS2023, we held a session on Digital Education is Here to Stay where we discussed the creation of the ESVS's Virtual Vascular textbook and where it's heading. Currently, Virtual Vascular chapters are released regularly online, on the ESVS Library, but we also discuss the future of digital education. This interview with Jonothan Earnshaw and Sabine Wipper was recorded live during the session!

This is the third and last podcast of our BEST CLI Trial Q&A series, which we recorded live during the 2023 ESVS Annual Meeting in Belfast with PIs Alik Farber and Matt Menard. In this podcast we focus on outcome variables and the different endpoints chosen in the BEST CLI and BASIL 2 trials, and on the next steps to prioritize in CLTI research. Unmissable.

Here is the second podcast of our BEST CLI Trial Q&A series, which we recorded live during the 2023 ESVS Annual Meeting in Belfast with PIs Alik Farber and Matt Menard. In this podcast, we dig deeper into the technical failure rate of endovascular treatment and anatomical disease patterns within the trial and how they impact the interpretation of the results and our everyday clinical practice. Enjoy, and more to come soon.

During the 2023 ESVS Annual Meeting in Belfast we sat down with PIs of the BEST CLI trial, Drs. Alik Farber and Matt Menard, to dig deeper into the interpretation of the results of this landmark trial. That conversation has become a series of 3 Q&A podcasts, of which this is the first. Find out in what patients the trial results are applicable and so we should look out for in our everyday clinical practice.

One of our last live recorded podcasts from #ESVS2023 Annual Meeting in Belfast has been very special to our team – we had the pleasure to talk with three amazing female vascular role models: Dr. Tara Mastracci, Prof. Alison Halliday, and Prof. Palma Shaw. We focused on equality, inclusivity, and many other challenges in vascular surgery, especially for female physicians. We welcome you to share your thoughts after the podcast, join the European Female Vascular Surgeons group, and stay...

We continue with another live recording from ESVS AM 2023. This time Egle Kavaliunaite interviews Jacob Budtz-Lilly on the SUNDAY trial - Scandinavian Trial of Uncomplicated Aortic Dissection Therapy. Listen and find out for yourself what we can expect from this international randomised trial!

In this week’s podcast, we aim to invite vascular surgeons to join a great team of young researchers- the European Vascular Research Collaborative (EVRC), who managed to unite many European Centers together to produce high-quality research. Together with Dr. Alexandra Gratl, Dr. Florian Enzmann, and Dr. Leszek Kukulski, we briefly discuss current activities as well as past, present, and future projects. Regardless of your previous research experience, we encourage you all to reach out to the...

In this podcast, we will tell you what the new ESVS KOL forum is, who it is for, who the hostesses and key opinion leaders are in the first two editions (of a long series!) and we will even let you listen to some snippets of the first forum, which took place online on the 26th June. The next edition will happen on the 28th of November 2023, focused on vascular access. Register now, send in your case and don't miss it!

In this episode, we are greeting you from the ESVS Annual Meeting with EVST Secretary Petar Zlatanovic. With this podcast, we would like to invite all vascular trainees not only to join educational activities, but also to join the EVST team with your ideas.https://esvs.org/european-vascular-surgeons-in-training/

Here is another ESVS podcast recorded live at Podcast Corner during the ESVS Annual Meeting held in Belfast in September 2023. This time we briefly interviewed some of the presenters of the Prize Session. They explained the main findings of their studies and what it meant to them to be runners-up for this year's prize for best oral presentation. The best of the best!PS. Megan Power Foley won 2nd prize. Congratulations!