Abstract
n 2022, Vasa, the European Journal of Vascular Medicine, published a total of 7 review articles, 3 position papers, and 31 original contributions. Among those, the editorial board of Vasa wants to highlight selected important contributions that clearly underline the challenges we face in understanding, diagnosing, and treating arterial diseases.
Only recently we have started to appreciate the important impact of sex and gender on cardiovascular outcomes. In view of a similar prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in men and women in the general population, sex-related differences in the access to and the benefits from invasive therapeutic strategies are of particular importance. Barenbrock et al. investigated the issue based on 602 patients that underwent endovascular revascularisation for PAD in a specialized vascular unit in an in-patient setting [1].