Category: News from the Field


Study Shows Pregnancy Can Significantly Worsen Risk of Serious Brain Injury in Women with Arteriovenous Malformations

  CONTACT: Camille Jewell, cjewell@vancomm.com or 202-248-5460   NASHVILLE — At the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 22nd Annual Meeting today, researchers presented findings about how pregnancy can worsen the rupture risk for brain arteriovenous malformations, abnormal connections between arteries and veins whose rupture can result in serious brain injury or death.   \ During pregnancy,

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More Research Needed to Explore Potential Racial, Gender and Socioeconomic Differences in Stroke Treatment and Recovery

  CONTACT: Camille Jewell, cjewell@vancomm.com or 202-248-5460 NASHVILLE — Research presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 22nd Annual Meeting included three studies that explored the differences in treatment and recovery options for patients across racial, gender and socioeconomic lines in a large telestroke network in Pennsylvania and a university medical center in

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SNIS Comments on Carotid Artery Stenting Coverage Expansion

Published in Endovascular Today Societies and Specialty Groups Share Reactions to Carotid Artery Stenting Coverage Expansion October 18, 2023—Societies and vascular specialty groups are sharing their reactions to the updated Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) national coverage decision (NCD) for carotid artery stenting(CAS), which was announced on October 11. The NCD is the first revisiting

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