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LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
BY JOHN F. EIDT, MD
[Editor’s Note: At its January 2018 strategic planning retreat, the SVS Strategic Board of Directors and Executive Board discussed the merits of a Vascular Surgery residency Review Committee (RC) and have made a firm commitment to explore the process, beginning with the Association for Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS), on how best to proceed with submitting an application to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). SVS welcomes the input and support of all See Letter · page 6
Dr. Parveen Garg
BY BRUCE JANCIN FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS REP OR T I N G F ROM T H E AH A S C I EN T I F I C S ES S I ON S
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Adherence to the American Heart Association’s widely publicized “Life’s Simple 7” program addressing key modifiable cardiovascular health factors substantially reduces the risk of developing peripheral arterial disease, Parveen Garg, MD, said at the American Heart Association scientific sessions. This is new evidence-supported information. Until
this new analysis from the landmark ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study, the relationship between Life’s Simple 7 and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) hadn’t been studied. It’s a relationship worthy of examination, considering that more than 8 million Americans have PAD, and nearly 40% of them don’t have concomitant coronary or cerebrovascular disease, which raised the question of whether Life’s Simple 7 applied to PAD risk, noted Dr. Garg of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
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