What a year! We are taking a look back at the most viewed news stories. Check out these top stories and videos and make sure you haven’t missed any of 2022’s most-viewed news!

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CX 2022: Event Highlights on Demand

Watch the global vascular field unite on our dedicated CX 2022 on-demand channel and re-live the decisive moments of the event. You can still benefit from up to 24 reciprocal EU/US CME credits.

Published: April 2022 – Register to watch now!

CX Aortic Vienna 2022: HTDI – Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms

CX Aortic Vienna 2022 saw the return of the popular HDTI (How to do it) series. This years programme featured a fantastic session from the experts at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan who discussed in-depth the state-of-the-art open and endovascular techniques for the treatment of pararenal and juxtarenal aortic aneurysms available to surgeons.

Published: October 2022 – Register to watch now!

ESC 2022: Findings of CAPLA trial “do not support inclusion of posterior wall isolation” for persistent AF

The addition of posterior wall isolation (PWI) does not improve arrhythmia outcomes compared with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) alone in patients undergoing first time ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF).

Published: September 2022 – Read it here!

“Promising” 10-year findings on PAE for BPH presented at ET 2022

Tiago Bilhim (Saint Louis Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal) presented during the Scientific Paper session at this year’s European Conference on Embolotherapy (22–25 June, Nice, France), and won the award of best abstract for his and co-authors’.

Published: July 2022 – Read it here!

Medtronic gains FDA approval for Onyx Frontier drug-eluting stent

Medtronic has announced that it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Onyx Frontier drug-eluting stent (DES).

Published: May 2022 – Read it here!

Medtronic announces first implant in study evaluating investigational, closed-loop neurostimulator

Medtronic today announced the first patient implant in a clinical study of its investigative, closed-loop, implantable neurostimulator.

Published: May 2022 – Read it here!

Debate: Will endoscopic surgery become the standard of care for spinal decompression?

Two experts from the field of spine surgery, Paul Houle (Hyannis, USA) and Jeremy Steinberger (New York, USA), go head-to-head on the controversial topic of whether or not endoscopic surgery will eventually become the standard of care for spinal decompression.

Published: April 2022 – Read it here!

Shockwave IVL maintains superiority to angioplasty in calcified peripheral disease at two years

Shockwave Medical announced today that long-term data from the Disrupt PAD III trial found that superior vessel preparation with intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) led to excellent long-term outcomes out to two years with preservation of future treatment options.

Published: May 2022 – Read it here!

Compression duration affects pain following superficial venous intervention, study finds

Postprocedural compression of one to two weeks after superficial venous incompetence (SVI) treatment is associated with reduced pain compared with a shorter duration. This is according to a study published in the August edition of the British Journal of Surgery (BJS).

Published: August 2022 – Read it here!