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Commentary
I have often said to interested trainees and students that vascular surgery is about women's health. Evidence suggests that cardiovascular disease affects women differently —the symptoms of myocardial infarction are often “atypical” in women. The number of hospital discharges for heart failure and stroke are higher in women than in men.1 When detected in women, abdominal aortic aneurysms are often anatomically unsuitable for commercially available endovascular de vices, and mortality is higher from either open or endovascular surgery.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - December 20, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Ulka Sachdev-Ost Tags: Invited commentary Source Type: research

Discordant knowledge about atherosclerosis disease among French general practitioners and residents
We read with interest the paper entitled “Knowledge gap of peripheral artery disease starts in medical school” from AlHamzah and colleagues.1 In their study of 72 graduating medical students, the authors found that students have a suboptimal knowledge of coronary artery disease (CAD) and lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD). In view of the small number of students, readers may doubt the generality of these results. However, we would like to underscore that we found similar results in two studies in France using a national survey with three clinical cases: one about CAD, one about ischemic stroke, and one about PAD.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - August 21, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Marie Charasson, Charles Le Brun, Loukman Omarjee, Emilie Rossignol, Damien Lan éelle, Guillaume Mahé Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research