EJVES October Headlines

The October 2022 issue is online and welcomes Jonathan Boyle from Cambridge as new Senior Editor. Kevin Mani and Christopher Twine take over ‘Aorta and Major branches’, and ‘Systematic Reviews’, respectively. In their lead Editorial, they provide us with very interesting up to date Guidance on Performing meaningful Meta-analyses of Low Frequency Pathologies or Rare Procedures (read for free).

This month’s first Editor’s choice paper, by Haque et al., is also EJVES Open Access and reports the Get Fit Trial: RCT of Exercise to Improve Fitness in Patients with AAA (read for free). In 56 randomised patients cardiopulmonary surrogate markers could be improved effectively, but clinical relevance of this outcome remains to be assessed.
Comes with an invited commentary by T.M. Mastracci.

The second Editor’s choice paper, by Dehne et al., observed a prospective cohort to assess the Association Between Peri-OPerative Aspirin ResisTance and CardioVascular Outcome (POPART-CVO) (read for free). Among 200 patients, aspirin-resistance was relatively common but, interestingly, did not seem associated with the risk of myocardial injury.
Comes with an invited commentary by E.M. Zywicka and C.P. Twine.

The last Editor’s choice paper, by Cha et al., investigated a nationwide and population-based cohort from South Korea to assess the Effects of Physical Activity and Tobacco Use on Mortality and Morbidity after Revascularisation for PAOD (read for free). The authors’ findings are clear: Inactive lifestyle and tobacco use remain important and should be addressed after revasculsarisation as much as before!

The October 2022 issue also features one additional EJVES Open Access paper, by Hanna et al., which observed the Trends in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Hospital Admissions, Interventions, and Mortality in England between 1998 and 2020 (read for free). In this population-based study the authors demonstrate the endovascular era is associated with a significant increase of hospital admissions for intact thoracic aortic aneurysm AND with an equally significant decrease of surgical mortality for both intact and ruptured cases – any questions? Comes with an invited commentary by A. Dean and M. Khashram.

We hope you have enjoyed an informative congress season so far, but still appreciate an entertaining scientific read in between. As usual, this issue brings some of the most important current research findings. We hope they keep all curious minds warm in the colder days ahead.

Florian Dick                                                   Martin Björck
Editor-in-Chief                                               Senior Editor

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