Carotid artery blowout, while rare, is a life-threatening surgical emergency with a mortality rate approaching 60%.
Rachel Sauer | 
January 13, 2023
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Carotid artery blowout, while rare, is a life-threatening surgical emergency with a mortality rate approaching 60%.
Rachel Sauer | January 13, 2023
Research Education Community Vascular Surgery
The skills that Ryan Gupta, MD, learned during his master of business administration (MBA) studies aren’t necessarily the skills usually associated with vascular surgery: how to understand financial statements, how to conduct market research, how to make difficult decisions about resource allocation.
Rachel Sauer | April 15, 2022
Education Community Faculty Vascular Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery
Almost a decade into his medical career, amid the daily traumas of war, Mohammed Al-Musawi, MD, began to love his job.
Rachel Sauer | March 22, 2022
Patient Care Education Community Vascular Surgery
The traditional path for surgeons after they’ve completed medical school is a five-year general surgery residency followed by a two-year fellowship in an area of specialization. Even for surgeons who choose their specialty in medical school, this has been the most common training path.
Rachel Sauer | September 10, 2021
Research Patient Care Vascular Surgery
Clinical pathways are a vital tool in providing patients with high-quality, standardized care, as well as improving the value of health care. But they are only helpful if physicians actually use them.
Greg Glasgow | July 12, 2021
Patient Care Clinics Vascular Surgery
A new vascular surgery clinic opened in February on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, offering easy access for patients with venous disease, peripheral artery disease, and mesenteric and renal artery disease. The clinic also offers hemodialysis procedures for arteriovenous fistula and graft maintenance.
Department of Surgery | March 02, 2021
In a normal year, vascular surgeons would never postpone surgeries for patients with aortic or carotid disease or other conditions.
Department of Surgery | December 30, 2020
The UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Vascular Surgery Clinic has been named a TCAR Center of Excellence by Silk Road Medical, for the high quality of its care team and patient outcomes for transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) to treat carotid artery stenosis.
Shelly Lange | July 17, 2020
U.S. News & World Report
May 08, 2023
Here's one more reason to watch your weight: Obesity can increase your odds for serious complications after surgery.
Medscape
April 25, 2023
Prediction models that incorporate more than just treatment status could rank order heart transplant candidates by urgency more effectively.
Becker's Hospital Review
April 16, 2023
This year's National Donate Life Month has special meaning for a young patient who recently underwent his fourth liver transplant with CU surgeons.
News Medical
April 10, 2023
New research describes another possible issue caused by the combination of alcohol and burn injury: impaired cognitive function.