News & Events: Critical Limb Ischemia

The Global Vascular Guidelines for the Treatment of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI), an initiative to standardize and improve the quality of care of patients with CLTI worldwide, has been published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS), as a supplement to the June 2019 edition. The global effort was spearheaded by a trio of internationally renowned vascular surgeons who served as co-editors of the publication: Michael S. Conte, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery at UCSF,  Andrew W. Bradbury, MD of the University of Birmingham, [...]

Michael S. Conte, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery  and Director of the Conte Lab, has been awarded two grants to develop a prototype medical device that will deliver bioactive lipid mediators to prevent "restenosis", the recurrent narrowing of blood vessels following interventions such as angioplasty, stenting, and bypass surgery. The bioactive compounds are being developed in the Conte Lab.  The first grant, a $200.000 Technology Development Award from the UC Center for Accelerated Innovation, is funded through a combination of grants and [...]