Are We Flying Blind? Largest Study Yet Shows Some Bedside Tests for PAD in Diabetes Are Barely Better Than a Coin Flip #DiabeticFoot #PAD #LimbPreservation #VascularMedicine @NormahaniP @AlunDavies @ImperialCollege #ActAgainstAmputation #Diagnostics diabeticfootonline.c...

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Are We Flying Blind? Largest Study Yet Shows Some Bedside Tests for PAD in Diabetes Are Barely Better Than a Coin Flip #DiabeticFoot #PAD #LimbPreservation #VascularMedicine @NormahaniP @AlunDavies @ImperialCollege #ActAgainstAmputation #Diagnostics This is the kind of study that should make every clinician who manages the diabetic foot sit up a little straighter. The DM PAD study — a prospective, multicentre diagnostic accuracy study across 16 NHS centres and 604 patients — just landed in Health Technology Assessment. Led by Burgess, Normahani, and colleagues at Imperial College London, it asks a deceptively simple question: how well do the bedside tests we use every day actually detect peripheral arterial disease in people with diabetes? The answer, in a word: poorly. Against a reference standard of CTA or MRA (573 scans completed), 39% of participants had confirmed PAD.

Are We Flying Blind? Largest Study Yet Shows Some Bedside Tests for PAD in Diabetes Are Barely Better Than a Coin Flip #DiabeticFoot #PAD #LimbPreservation #VascularMedicine @NormahaniP @AlunDavies @ImperialCollege #ActAgainstAmputation #Diagnostics

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How Smooth Muscle Cells Change Identity in Aortic Aneurysm This story is taken from the paper by Honglin Dong et al. For full details, see below. The aorta is the body’s largest blood vessel, and its strength depends heavily on a special type of cell called v...

New post: How Smooth Muscle Cells Change Identity in Aortic Aneurysm. This piece summarizes recent findings on VSMC phenotypic switching and its role in aortic wall weakening. Read the full article: wix.to/DxHUmQf #vascularmedicine #cardiology #research #aorticaneurysm

Varicose Veins: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Complications
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Investigating the role of structural wall stress in aortic growth prognosis in acute uncomplicated type B aortic dissection.
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This 2025 review from the Core Curriculum in #VascularMedicine has quickly gained popularity: "Advanced #imaging and management of superior vena cava syndrome," by Raskin, Zivkovic, Kirksey et al.
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Some of the many faces of #VMJ Editorial Board - always a pleasure to meet with this group! #VascularMedicine

Great Meeting at the ESVM Congress! It was a blast. #vascular #medicine #vascularmedicine #bergamo

Even an indication it improves outcomes like MALE and all cause death although small numbers
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Once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide in type 2 diabetes patients and peripheral artery disease is effective.
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