MAC award winners 2018
Dr. Sohiel Nagib
Vascular and Endovascular Department- abu kiir Insurance Hospital,
Alexandria Egypt
Winner of the Best Poster/Short Communication Award in category:
Venous disease
With presentation on:
“Acute upper extremity deep vein thrombosis – indications and effectiveness of superior caval filters”
Dr. Leonie Fassaert
Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University,
The Netherlands
Winner of the Best Poster/Short Communication Award in category:
Carotid artery disease
With presentation on:
“Defining the awake blood pressure in
patients undergoing CEA”
Dr. Konstantinos Spanos
Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of
Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa,
Greece
Winner of the Best Poster/Short Communication Award in category:
Aortic diseases
With presentation on:
“Pre- and postoperative factors associated with thepersistence of Endoleak Type II after EVAR in the
first year of follow up”
Dr. Akshitha Kesharaju
Leeds Teaching Hospital Trusts and Leeds
Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, Leeds, UK
Winner of the Best Poster/Short Communication Award in category:
Peripheral arterial diseases
With presentation on:
“Sarcopenia as predictor of mortality and morbidity following
major lower limb amputation”
Dr. Alexander Gombert
European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, The Netherlands
University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
Winner of:
Best oral presentation
With presentation on:
“Closed-incision negative-pressure therapy reduces
vascular surgical site infections: the randomized AIMS trial”
