19th EVF Athens Scientific Programme

• Magnetic resonance multi-sequence thrombus imaging (MSTI) in patients with acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis can predict thrombus lysability
• Justinas Silickas¹, Stephen Alan Black¹, Alkystis Phinikaridou², Adam M Gwozdz¹, Marcelo Andia Kohnenkampf³, Ashish S Patel¹, Bijan Modarai¹, Rene Botnar², Alberto Smith⁴, Prakash Saha¹
• ¹ Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, King’s College London & Vascular Surgery Department, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. ² School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom.  ³ School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Catheter-directed thrombolysis versus angiojet pharmacomechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis
• Pouncey AL, Silickas J, Johnson O, Gwozdz AM, Saha P, Black SA
• Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Division, St. Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College London, UK

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Use of micronized purified flavonoid fraction in combination with oral rivaroxaban improves clinical and ultrasound outcomes of proximal deep vein thrombosis
• Kirill Lobastov, Ilya Schastlivtsev, Victor Barinov
• Department of General Surgery and Radiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Comparison of in-patient outcomes and mortality of venous thromboembolism-related hospitalizations between solid and hematological malignancies: a nationwide inpatient sample database analysis
• Xavier A. Andrade Gonzalez¹, Harry E. Fuentes Bayne1, Ahmed Al-Ogaili1, Andres Mendez Hernandez1, Roberto A. Leon-Ferre2, Alfonso J. Tafur3, Joseph Caprini⁴
• ¹ Department of Medicine. John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA. ² Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,MN, USA. ³ Vascular Medicine, Northshore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL ,USA. ⁴ Pritzker School of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, IL, USA

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Effect of underwater compression on leg venous diameters and calf volume
• Christopher Lattimer¹, Evi Kalodiki¹, Sara Oberto², Georgio Bergamo³, Alberto Caggiati⁴, Dimitris Kontothanassis⁵
• ¹ Josef Pflug Vascular Laboratory, Ealing Hospital and Imperial College & West London Vascular and Interventional Centre, UK
  ² Department of Vascular Surgery, IRCCS multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy
  ³ Microlab Elettronica, Padua, Italy
  ⁴ Department of Anatomy, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
  ⁵ Istituto Flebologico Italiano, Ferrara, Italy & Abanomed, Padua, Italy 

• Long-term follow-up of physical aspects in 53 iliac stents – evaluated by 3D CT – in patients treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis for iliofemoral DVT
• Niels Bækgaard¹, Pia Føgh¹, Charlotte Strandberg², Peter Myschetzky², Sanne Jørgensen², Lotte Klitfod¹, Sven Just²
• ¹ Vascular Clinic, Gentofte Hospital and Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. ² Imaging Department, Gentofte and Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Characteristics of venous reflux in different body positions: Role of gravity
• Roman Tauraginskii^1,2, Sergei Simakov³, Denis Borsuk4
• ¹Department of Phlebology, International Institution of Health Care and Additional Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Irkutsk, Russia, ²The Clinic of Phlebology and Laser Surgery “Vasculab” Ltd., Chelyabinsk, Russia.  ³Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia & Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia, ⁴The Education Department of Surgery of the South Urals Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Stationary aggregates at the valve sinus: Markers of venous stasis, predictors of venous insufficiency?
• Johann Chris Ragg, Krastina Stoyanova
• Angioclinic Vein Centers, Berlin, Germany

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Recurrences after varicose vein treatment: anatomical presentation, symptomatology and risk factors
• Andreas Renders¹, Daphne Van Den Bussche², Marc Vuylsteke²
• ¹ University Hospital Leuven, Belgium (KUL) – Sint Andries Hospital Tielt, Belgium, ²Department of Vascular Surgery, Sint Andries Hospital, Tielt, Belgium

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• CHORUS: Chronic venous and hemorrhoidal diseases evaluation and scientific research results of an international observational survey
• Parvez Sheikh¹, Evgeny Zagryadsky², Varut Lohsiriwat³, Abel Jalife Montano⁴, Pavle Korosok⁵, Heiko De Schepper⁶
• ¹ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai, India. ² Medical Center «ON-CLINIC», Moscow, Russia. ³ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj hospital/Mahidol University bangkok thailande. ⁴ Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of Mexico Mexico City Mexico. ⁵ Medicinski Center IATROS, Ljubljana Slovenia. ⁶ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem Belgium

• Compression stockings in the prevention of venous disorders in pregnancy
• Dragan Milic¹, Sasa Zivic², Dragan Bogdanovic³, Milan Jovanovic⁴
• ¹ Clinic for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Clinical Centre of Nis, Nis, Serbia & Medical School University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. ² Clinic for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Clinical Centre of Nis, Nis, Serbia. ³ Institute for Public Health, Nis, Serbia. ⁴ Clinic for Vascular Surgery, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia & Medical School University of Nis, Nis, Serbia

• Efficacy of micronized purified flavonoid fraction on postoperative symptoms after endovenous thermal ablation. A pilot randomized controlled study
• Konstantinos Batzalexis, Christos Karathanos, Konstantinos Spanos, Nikolaos Roussas, Stylianos Koutsias, Miltiadis Matsagkas, Athanasios Giannoukas. 
• Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Management of anterior accessory of the great saphenous vein
• Johann Chris Ragg, Krastinya Stoyanova
• Angioclinic Vein Centers, Berlin, Germany

• Surgery versus foam sclerotherapy in patients with isolated anterior accessory saphenous vein varicosis: A randomized clinical study
• Stanislava Tzaneva, Sabine Stolkovich, Harald Kittler, Kornelia Böhler
• University Clinic of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

• Validation of the 3D sym vein symptom assessment tool
• Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou, Stavros Kakkos, Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos, Ioannis Ntouvas, Spyros Papadoulas, Ioannis Tsolakis
• Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Effect of treadmill exercise on calf haemodynamics
• Christopher Lattimer¹, Evi Kalodiki¹, Erica Menegatti², Sergio Gianesini³
• ¹ Josef Pflug Vascular Laboratory, Ealing Hospital and Imperial College & West London Vascular and Interventional Centre, UK, ² Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, Cona, Ferrara, Italy, ³ Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, Cona, Ferrara, Italy & USUHS University, Bethesda, USA

• A new risk assessment model better predicts venous thromboembolism risks in Asian surgical patients
• Limi Lee, Ngoh Chin Liew, Ping An Teh, Yan Jun Teoh
• Department of Surgery, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Presentation patterns and prognosis of 109 isolated venous injuries in 99 patients
• Stavros Kakkos¹, Ioannis Tsolakis¹, George Markopoulos², Ioannis Maroulis², Efstratios Koletsis³, Fotini Fligou⁴, Konstantinos Panagopoulos², Spyros Papadoulas¹, George Lambropoulos¹, Ioannis Ntouvas¹, Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos¹, Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou¹, Anastasia Kouri¹
• ¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, Greece. ² Department of Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, Greece. ³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, Greece. ⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

• Time of anticoagulant treatment initiation and severity of postthrombotic syndrome in patients with deep vein thrombosis: Prospective observational study
• Dumitru Casian, Vasile Culiuc, Marcel Sochirca, Evghenii Gutu
• Department of General Surgery, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Moldova

• Determination of a venous thrombus age with a new ultrasound sign
• Nicos Labropoulos, Anirudh Chandrashekar , Singh Gurtej, Nicholas Sikalas, Antonios Gasparis
• Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA

• Increased risk for recurrent thromboembolic events during the first three months in patients with superficial vein thrombosis treated with tinzaparin
• Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos, Stavros Kakkos, Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou, Ioannis Ntouvas, Spyros Papadoulas, Ioannis Tsolakis
• Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece

• Just-in-time: Importance of early duplex surveillance following deep venous stenting for the treatment of post-thrombotic syndrome
• Adam Gwozdz, Prakash Saha, Justinas Silickas, Leonardo Jones, Taha Kahn, Lawrence Stephenson, Anna Pouncy, Oscar Johnston, Ash Patel, Soundrie Padayachee, Alberto Smith, Stephen Black
• Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Division, St. Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College London, UK

Submitted for the EVF Prize

• Early identification of patients with high risk for ilio-femoral DVT
• Nizar Hariri¹, Brian Kaminski2, Michael Mattin2, John Fish1, Gregory Kasper1, Fedor Lurie³
• ¹ Jobst Vascular Institute, Toledo, Ohio, USA . ² ProMedica Health System, Toledo, Ohio, USA. ³ Jobst Vascular Institute and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

• Algorithm for preventing severe forms of venous insufficiency from the perspective of the correction of endothelial dysfunction and genetic status
• Igor Suchkov, Roman E Kalinin, Nina D Mzhavanadze
• Department of Vascular Surgery, Ryazan State Medical University Ryazan Russia

• Persistently low inferior vena cava retrieval rates in a population-based cohort
• A Mohapatra, NL Liang, R Chaer, E Tzeng
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburg, PA, USA

• Nuclear magnetic resonance sectroscopic analysis of biofluids from patients with chronic venous disease
• S Onida, RT Bergner, H Less, J Shalhoub, E Holmes, A Davies
• Imperial College, London, UK

• United States endovenous ablation practice trends: Four year review of medicare provider utilisation and paymentJM Crawford¹, A Gasparis¹, J Almeida², Steve Elias³, Thomas Wakefield⁴, BK Lal⁵, N Osborne⁴, S Amery¹, N Labropoulos¹¹StonyBrook Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA, ²Miami Vein Centre, University of Miami, Miami, USA, ³Centre for Vein Disease, Englewood, New Jersey, USA, ⁴Cardiovascular Centre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA,  ⁵University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

• Nutcracker syndrome can be over-diagnosed by duplex ultrasound – left ovarian vein reflux can be the cause of renal vein narrowing rather than an effect of obstructive flow
• J Holdstock, A White, T Fernandez-Hart, D Beckett, J. Nemchand, M Whiteley
• The Whiteley Clinic, Guildford, United Kingdom

• Diagnostic efficacy of duplex and near-infrared spectroscopy-derived parameters in predicting post-thrombotic syndrome in patients with a first episode of DVT
• T Yamaki, Y Sasaki, A Osada, H Sakurai
• Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

• Comparison of efficacy and safety between DOAC and conventional therapy in patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism
• A Tsuji, H Hayashi, J Ueda, N Konagai, R Asano, S Fukui, T Ogo, S Yasuda
• Department of Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Osaka, Japan

• Georgios Galyfos, Gerasimos Papacharalampous, Anastasios Papapetrou, Georgios Sachsamanis, Christiana Anastasiadou, Ioannis Sachmpazidis, Sotirios Giannakakis, Georgios Kastrisios, Chrisostomos Maltezos
• Department of Vascular Surgery, ‘KAT’ General Hospital, Athens, Greece

• Dragan Milic1, Sasa Zivic2, Dragan Bogdanovic3, Milan Jovanovic4
• ¹ Clinic for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia & Medical School University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. ² Clinic for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia. ³ Institute for Public Health, Nis, Serbia. ⁴ Clinic for Vascular Surgery, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia & Medical School University of Nis, Nis, Serbia

• Clinical efficacy of a new once-daily 1000 mg oral suspension of micronized purified flavonoid fraction in patients suffering from symptomatic chronic venous disease
• Patrick Carpentier¹, Debora Karetova², Lourdes Reina Gutierrez³, Arnaud Maggioli⁴
• ¹ Vascular Center, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France. ² Karlovo Namesti Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic. ³ Department of angiology and Vascular Surgery, Hospital de la Cruz Roja, Madrid Spain. ⁴ Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France

• Utility of an algorithm combining VVSYMQ® and VCSS scores to predict disease severity in C2 patients
• Lowell Kabnick¹, Thomas Wakefield², Mikel Sadek¹, Jose Almeida³, Glenn Jacobiwitz¹
• ¹ New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA, ² University of Michigan, Michigan, USA, ³ Miami Vein Center, University of Miami, Florida, USA

• TRAP (Three-dimensional Restorative Ambulatory Phlebotherapy): A new conservative treatment for chronic vein insufficiency
• Lucia Raco, Claudio Rosco, Sergio Capurro
• Saint Francis Medical

• Mini-invasive foam sclerotherapy assisted ligation vs surgical flush ligation for incompetent sapheno-popliteal junction treatment
• Sergio Gianesini¹, Erica Menegatti, Maria Grazia Sibilla², Diana Neuhardt³, Mirko Tessari², Paolo Zamboni⁴
• ¹ University of Ferrara (Italy); USUHS University (Bethesda, USA). ² University of Ferrara (Italy). ³ Comprehensive Interventional Care Center (Phoenix, USA). ⁴ University Ferrara (Italy)