Programme 2019
Wednesday, 4 December
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* Competing for the MAC Award
| 13.00-14.05 | VEN 1: Case discussions and short communications on Venous Diseases and Vascular Malformations | Lecture Hall B |
| Chair: Sylvia Haas, Athanasios Giannoukas, Nicholas Leeper | ||
| Dmitry Dombrovsky | Stem cells of cord blood in the complex treatment of chronic venous ulcer that do not heal | |
| Andrij Nykonenko | Surgery for Nutcracker Syndrome – should we wait until hematuria occurs? | |
| Ihor Kobza | Analysis of the remote results of “the Nutcracker Syndrome” surgical treatment | |
| Mohamed Nagib | Percutaneous insertion of peripheral vein port catheter for chemotherapy in cancer patients | |
| Iris Baumgartner | Endovascular port-a-cath rescue in acute thrombotic superior vena cava syndrome | |
| Yaroslav Khrebtiy | Aspiration thrombectomy in the treatment of pulmonary embolism | |
| Ahmed Allam | 18 month outcomes of patch angioplasty and balloon angioplasty after thrombectomy of AV hemodialysis grafts | |
| Ahmed Allam | Safety and efficacy of infraclavicular arterioarterial prosthetic loop graft for hemodialysis access: a review of 45 patients | |
| Adel Kamhawy | Foam sclerotherapy guided by non-touch laser for management of bleeding scrotal angiokeratoma | |
| Sohiel Nagib | Sclerotherapy of lymphangioma in children: report of 3 cases | |
| Iris Baumgartner | Keynote Lecture: What a vascular specialist needs to know about the management of vascular malformations | |
14.30-15.40 | VEN 2: Primary varicosis (from stripping to glue) and superficial venous thrombosis | Lecture Hall B | |
| Chair: Martin Storck, Alun Davies | ||
| Andrew Bradbury | Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy vs. endothermal ablation for the treatment of GSV varicosis – a review of RCTs | |
| Kurşat Bozkurt | The 2019 ECP Guideline recommends laser or radiofrequency over surgery or foam sclerotherapy for greater GSV reflux | |
| Athanasios Giannoukas | Keynote lecture: Complications of foam sclerotherapy and lessons learnt from the treatment of varicose veins with ablation techniques | |
| Mojahid Najem* | Single centre experience with cyanoacrylate glue for the first 100 truncal veins using the VenaSeal™ Closure System | |
| Douglas Wooster* | Do ultrasound characteristics of superficial venous thrombosis predict progression? | |
| Nicholas Leeper | Keynote Lecture: Clinical and genetic determinants of varicose veins | |
15.45-16.35 | VEN 3: How to prevent and how to treat severe chronic insufficiency and venous ulcers | Lecture Hall B | |
| Chair: Houman Jalaie, Iris Baumgartner | ||
| Alun Davies | Keynote Lecture: Early vs. deferred endovenous ablation of superficial venous reflux in patients with venous ulceration: the EVRA RCT | |
| Efthymios Avgerinos | Venous ulceration – ablate the superficial reflux early, but don't neglect deep reflux or obstruction | |
| Andrew Bradbury | Obesity and lower limb venous disease – the epidemic of phlebesity | |
| Martin Storck | Competence levels in wound care – how networks should be organized – a German consensus statement | |
17.00-18.30 | VEN 4: Acute deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremity – advances in endovascular therapy | Lecture Hall B | |
| Chair: Kurşat Bozkurt, Andrew Bradbury | ||
| Sylvia Haas | Latest real-world evidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) treatment from the GARFIELD-VTE Registry | |
| Efthymios Avgerinos | Catheter interventions for acute DVT – who, when, and how | |
| Iris Baumgartner | Endovascular venous therapy after the ATTRACT trial | |
| Houman Jalaie | Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy – is it the future of lower extremity DVT therapy? | |
| Gabriel Szendro | Pregnancy after thrombolysis and stenting for ilio-femoral DVT – outcomes and complications | |
| Rupert Bauersachs | Keynote Lecture: The management of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer | |