{"id":4475,"date":"2018-09-04T11:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/?page_id=4475"},"modified":"2018-09-04T11:31:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T11:31:08","slug":"19th-evf-athens-scientific-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/19th-evf-athens-scientific-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"19th EVF Athens Scientific Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>PROVISIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tripartite Meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Meeting of the European Venous Forum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Meeting of the Balkan Venous Forum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Hellenic Phlebological Centre<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Olympia Hall, Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens, Greece<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">28-30 June 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Scientific-Programme-EVF-2018-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Click here to download the Programme<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/EVF-2018-web-low-res.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Click here to download the final printable version of the Programme<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"mwm-aal-item\" name=\"thursday-28-june-2018\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>THURSDAY 28 JUNE 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 717px;\" width=\"680\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">08.30-10.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Abstract Session 1:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Venous Thromboembolism and Thrombolysis<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 |\u00a0 6 papers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>(10 minute presentation, 10 minute discussion)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Andrew Nicolaides (Cyprus), Marzia Lugli (Italy)<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"699\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">08.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Magnetic resonance multi-sequence thrombus imaging (MSTI) in patients with acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis can predict thrombus lysability<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Justinas Silickas<\/u><sup>1<\/sup>, Stephen Alan Black<sup>1<\/sup>, Alkystis Phinikaridou<sup>2<\/sup>, Adam M Gwozdz<sup>1<\/sup>, Marcelo Andia Kohnenkampf<sup>3<\/sup>, Ashish S Patel<sup>1<\/sup>, Bijan Modarai<sup>1<\/sup>, Rene Botnar<sup>2<\/sup>, Alberto Smith<sup>4<\/sup>, Prakash Saha<sup>1<\/sup><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, King&#8217;s College London &amp; Vascular Surgery Department, Guy&#8217;s and St Thomas&#8217; NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King&#8217;s College London, London, United Kingdom.\u00a0 <sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, Santiago, Chile<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">08.50<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Catheter-directed thrombolysis versus angiojet pharmacomechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Pouncey AL, Silickas J, Johnson O, Gwozdz AM, Saha P, Black SA<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Division, St. Thomas\u2019 Hospital, King\u2019s College London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">09.10<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Use of micronized purified flavonoid fraction in combination with oral rivaroxaban improves clinical and ultrasound outcomes of proximal deep vein thrombosis<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Kirill Lobastov<\/u>, Ilya Schastlivtsev, Victor Barinov<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Department of General Surgery and Radiology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">09.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Comparison of in-patient outcomes and mortality of venous thromboembolism-related hospitalizations between solid and hematological malignancies: a nationwide inpatient sample database analysis<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Xavier A. Andrade Gonzalez<sup>1<\/sup>, Harry E. Fuentes Bayne1, Ahmed Al-Ogaili1, Andres Mendez Hernandez1, Roberto A. Leon-Ferre2, Alfonso J. Tafur3, <u>Joseph Caprini<sup>4<\/sup><\/u><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Department of Medicine. John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,MN, USA.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Vascular Medicine, Northshore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL ,USA.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0Pritzker School of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, IL, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">09.50<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1.5<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Effect of underwater compression on leg venous diameters and calf volume<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Christopher Lattimer<\/u><sup>1<\/sup>, Evi Kalodiki<sup>1<\/sup>, Sara Oberto<sup>2<\/sup>, Georgio Bergamo<sup>3<\/sup>, Alberto Caggiati<sup>4<\/sup>, Dimitris Kontothanassis<sup>5<\/sup><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Josef Pflug Vascular Laboratory, Ealing Hospital and Imperial College &amp; West London Vascular and Interventional Centre, UK<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Department of Vascular Surgery, IRCCS multimedica, Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, Italy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Microlab Elettronica, Padua, Italy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0Department of Anatomy, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0Istituto Flebologico Italiano, Ferrara, Italy &amp; Abanomed, Padua, Italy\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">10.10<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Long-term follow-up of physical aspects in 53 iliac stents &#8211; evaluated by 3D CT &#8211; in patients treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis for iliofemoral DVT<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Niels B\u00e6kgaard<\/u><sup>1<\/sup>, Pia F\u00f8gh<sup>1<\/sup>, Charlotte Strandberg<sup>2<\/sup>, Peter Myschetzky<sup>2<\/sup>, Sanne J\u00f8rgensen<sup>2<\/sup>, Lotte Klitfod<sup>1<\/sup>, Sven Just<sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Vascular Clinic, Gentofte Hospital and Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Imaging Department, Gentofte and Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">10.30-11.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Refreshments and visit to Exhibition\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Visit e-Poster Presentations<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">11.00-12.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/evf-athens\/scientific-programme\/industry-sponsored-symposia\/\"><strong>Industry Session 1<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.00-13.20<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Abstract Session 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Reflux and Varicose Vein Recurrence<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 4 papers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>(10 minute presentation, 10 minute discussion)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Marianne Vandendriessche (Belgium), Miltos Lazarides (Greece)<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"699\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Characteristics of venous reflux in different body positions: Role of gravity<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Roman Tauraginskii<sup>1,2<\/sup>, Sergei Simakov<sup>3<\/sup>, Denis Borsuk<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">4<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>Department of Phlebology, International Institution of Health Care and Additional Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Irkutsk, Russia, <sup>2<\/sup>The Clinic of Phlebology and Laser Surgery &#8220;Vasculab&#8221; Ltd., Chelyabinsk, Russia.\u00a0 <sup>3<\/sup>Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia &amp; Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia, <sup>4<\/sup>The Education Department of Surgery of the South Urals Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.20<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Stationary aggregates at the valve sinus: Markers of venous stasis, predictors of venous insufficiency?<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Johann Chris Ragg, Krastina Stoyanova<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Angioclinic Vein Centers, Berlin, Germany<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.40<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Recurrences after varicose vein treatment: anatomical presentation, symptomatology and risk factors<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Andreas Renders<sup>1<\/sup>, Daphne Van Den Bussche<sup>2<\/sup>, Marc Vuylsteke<sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">1 <\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">University Hospital Leuven, Belgium (KUL) \u2013 Sint Andries Hospital Tielt, Belgium,\u00a0<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">2<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Department of Vascular Surgery, Sint Andries Hospital, Tielt, Belgium<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>CHORUS: Chronic venous and hemorrhoidal diseases evaluation and scientific research results of an international observational survey<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Parvez Sheikh<sup>1<\/sup>, Evgeny Zagryadsky<sup>2<\/sup>, Varut Lohsiriwat<sup>3<\/sup>, Abel Jalife Montano<sup>4<\/sup>, Pavle Korosok<sup>5<\/sup>, Heiko De Schepper<sup>6<\/sup><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup> Department of Colorectal Surgery, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai, India.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup> Medical Center \u00abON-CLINIC\u00bb, Moscow, Russia.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup> Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj hospital\/Mahidol University bangkok thailande.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>4<\/sup> Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of Mexico Mexico City Mexico.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>5<\/sup> Medicinski Center IATROS, Ljubljana Slovenia.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>6<\/sup> Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem Belgium<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.20-14.20<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Lunch and visit to Exhibition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Moderators-Evaluators: <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>e-Poster Presentations<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair 1: Bo Eklof (Sweden), Pavel Poredos (Slovenia)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair 2: Mark Malouf (Australia), Malay Patel (India)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.20-14.05<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/evf-athens\/scientific-programme\/meeting-the-experts\/\">Meet The Experts Session<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Hot Topics on Current Management of Venous Thromboembolism<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Armando Mansilha (Portugal), Miltiadis Matsagkas (Greece)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.20-13.35:<\/span> DOACs experience with routine use and current shortcomings <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><i>J. Fareed (USA)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.35-13.50:\u00a0<\/span>Impact of ATTRACT study on the use of pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis <\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><i>A. Comerota (USA)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.50-14.05:<\/span> Current issues on the management of superficial vein thrombosis\u00a0<em>A. Giannoukas (Greece)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">14.20-15.20<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/evf-athens\/scientific-programme\/industry-sponsored-symposia\/\"><strong>Industry Session 2<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15.20-16.40<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Abstract Session 3: Varicose Veins<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 4 papers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>(10 minute presentation, 10 minute discussion)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Niels Baekgaard (Denmark), Oscar Bottini (Argentia)<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"699\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15.20<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">3.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Compression stockings in the prevention of venous disorders in pregnancy<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Dragan Milic<sup>1<\/sup>, Sasa Zivic<sup>2<\/sup>, Dragan Bogdanovic<sup>3<\/sup>, Milan Jovanovic<sup>4<\/sup><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup> Clinic for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Clinical Centre of Nis, Nis, Serbia &amp; Medical School University of Nis, Nis, Serbia.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup> Clinic for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Clinical Centre of Nis, Nis, Serbia.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3 <\/sup>Institute for Public Health, Nis, Serbia.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>4<\/sup> Clinic for Vascular Surgery, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia &amp; Medical School University of Nis, Nis, Serbia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15.40<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">3.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Efficacy of micronized purified flavonoid fraction on postoperative symptoms after endovenous thermal ablation. A pilot randomized controlled study<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Konstantinos Batzalexis, Christos Karathanos, Konstantinos Spanos, Nikolaos Roussas, Stylianos Koutsias, Miltiadis Matsagkas, Athanasios Giannoukas.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">16.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">3.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Management of anterior accessory of the great saphenous vein<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Johann Chris Ragg, Krastinya Stoyanova<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Angioclinic Vein Centers, Berlin, Germany<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">16.20<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">3.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Surgery versus foam sclerotherapy in patients with isolated anterior accessory saphenous vein varicosis: A randomized clinical study<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Stanislava Tzaneva, Sabine Stolkovich, Harald Kittler, Kornelia B\u00f6hler<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">University Clinic of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">16.40-17.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Refreshments and visit to Exhibition\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Visit e-Poster Presentations<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17.00-18.20<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Abstract Session 4: Miscellaneous Topics<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0 4 papers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>(10 minute presentation, 10 minute discussion)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Eberhard Rabe (Germany), Tomasz Zubilewicz (Poland)<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"699\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">4.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/static.livemedia.gr\/services\/conferre\/userfiles\/usid0_20180217184602_7890evf20183d.docx\">Validation of the 3D sym vein symptom assessment tool<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou, Stavros Kakkos, Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos, Ioannis Ntouvas, Spyros Papadoulas, Ioannis Tsolakis<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17.20<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">4.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Effect of treadmill exercise on calf haemodynamics<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Christopher Lattimer<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>, Evi Kalodiki<sup>1<\/sup>, Erica Menegatti<sup>2<\/sup>, Sergio Gianesini<sup>3<\/sup><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Josef Pflug Vascular Laboratory, Ealing Hospital and Imperial College &amp; West London Vascular and Interventional Centre, UK,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, Cona, Ferrara, Italy,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Vascular Diseases Center, University of Ferrara, Cona, Ferrara, Italy &amp; USUHS University, Bethesda, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17.40<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">4.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A new risk assessment model better predicts venous thromboembolism risks in Asian surgical patients<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Limi Lee, Ngoh Chin Liew, Ping An Teh, Yan Jun Teoh<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Department of Surgery, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">18.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">4.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"572\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Presentation patterns and prognosis of 109 isolated venous injuries in 99 patients<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><u>Stavros Kakkos<sup>1<\/sup><\/u>, Ioannis Tsolakis<sup>1<\/sup>, George Markopoulos<sup>2<\/sup>, Ioannis Maroulis<sup>2<\/sup>, Efstratios Koletsis<sup>3<\/sup>, Fotini Fligou<sup>4<\/sup>, Konstantinos Panagopoulos<sup>2<\/sup>, Spyros Papadoulas<sup>1<\/sup>, George Lambropoulos<sup>1<\/sup>, Ioannis Ntouvas<sup>1<\/sup>, Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos<sup>1<\/sup>, Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou<sup>1<\/sup>, Anastasia Kouri<sup>1<\/sup><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Department of Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">18.20-19.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"558\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Welcome Reception. Exhibition Areas<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mwm-aal-item\" name=\"friday-29-june-2018\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>FRIDAY 29 JUNE 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 692px;\" width=\"680\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">08.30-10.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Abstract Session 5: Venous Thromboembolism and Postthrombotic Syndrome<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\">6 papers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>(10 minute presentation, 10 minute discussion)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Dominik Heim (Switzerland), Pier Luigi Antignani (Italy)<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"647\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">08.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">5.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Time of anticoagulant treatment initiation and severity of postthrombotic syndrome in patients with deep vein thrombosis: Prospective observational study<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Dumitru Casian, Vasile Culiuc, Marcel Sochirca, Evghenii Gutu<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Department of General Surgery, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy \u201cNicolae Testemitanu\u201d, Chisinau, Moldova<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">08.50<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">5.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Determination of a venous thrombus age with a new ultrasound sign<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Nicos Labropoulos, Anirudh Chandrashekar\u00a0, Singh Gurtej, Nicholas Sikalas, Antonios Gasparis<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">09.10<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">5.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Increased risk for recurrent thromboembolic events during the first three months in patients with superficial vein thrombosis treated with tinzaparin<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Konstantinos Nikolakopoulos, Stavros Kakkos, Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou, Ioannis Ntouvas, Spyros Papadoulas, Ioannis Tsolakis<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">09.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">5.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Just-in-time: Importance of early duplex surveillance following deep venous stenting for the treatment of post-thrombotic syndrome<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Adam Gwozdz, Prakash Saha, Justinas Silickas, Leonardo Jones, Taha Kahn, Lawrence Stephenson, Anna Pouncy, Oscar Johnston, Ash Patel, Soundrie Padayachee, Alberto Smith, Stephen Black<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Division, St. Thomas&#8217; Hospital, King&#8217;s College London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Submitted for the EVF Prize<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">09.50<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">5.5<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Early identification of patients with high risk for ilio-femoral DVT<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Nizar Hariri<sup>1<\/sup>, Brian Kaminski2, Michael Mattin2, John Fish1, Gregory Kasper1, <u>Fedor Lurie<sup>3<\/sup><\/u><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Jobst Vascular Institute, Toledo, Ohio, USA .\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0ProMedica Health System, Toledo, Ohio, USA.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Jobst Vascular Institute and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">10.10<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">5.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Algorithm for preventing severe forms of venous insufficiency from the perspective of the correction of endothelial dysfunction and genetic status<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Igor Suchkov, Roman E Kalinin, Nina D Mzhavanadze<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Department of Vascular Surgery, Ryazan State Medical University Ryazan Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">10.30-11.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Refreshments and visit to Exhibition\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Visit e-Poster Presentations<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">11.00-12.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/evf-athens\/scientific-programme\/industry-sponsored-symposia\/\"><strong>Industry Session 3<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.00-12.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>EVF Invited Lecture<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Mark Malouf (Australia), Kyriakos Ktenidis (Greece)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u201c\u0391\u03b5\u03af \u03bf \u0398\u03b5\u03cc\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b5\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03af\u201d \u2013 A quest for God\u2019s geometry in venous valve physiology and surgical repair.\u00a0<em>Ramesh Tripathi (Australia)<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.30-13.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Didactic Session 1:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Updates based on results of recent studies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">(12 minute presentation, 8 minute discussion)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Michel Perrin (France), Christos Liapis (Greece)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.30-12.50:<\/span> Results of the EVRA Study.\u00a0<em>A. Davies (UK)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.50-13.10:<\/span> Current Status of thrombolysis. <em>A. Comerota (USA)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.10-13.30:<\/span> Current Status and indications for intermittent pneumatic compression.\u00a0<em>J. Caprini<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> (USA)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.30-14.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Lunch and visit to Exhibition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>e-Poster Presentations<\/strong><\/span> (10 Abstracts)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair 1: Bo Eklof (Sweden), Pavel Poredos (Slovenia)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair 2: Mark Malouf (Australia), Malay Patel (India)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.30-14.15<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/evf-athens\/scientific-programme\/meeting-the-experts\/\">Meet The Experts Session:<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Hot Topics in Chronic Venous Disease<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Evgeny Shaydakov (Russia), Dragan Milic (Serbia)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.30-13.45:<\/span> What you should say to the patients about CVD progression?\u00a0<em>E. Rabe (Germany) <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.45-14.00:<\/span> When the saphenous trunks should be spared?\u00a0<em>N. Labropoulos (USA)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">14.00-14.15:<\/span> Misconceptions of compression in venous disease\u00a0<em>J. Caprini (USA)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">14.30-15.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">EVF Annual General Meeting (Members Only)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>15.00-16.40<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Prize winning papers from the American Venous Forum, American College of Phlebology and the Japanese Society of Phlebology<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <em>(10 minute presentation, 10 minute discussion)<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Anthony Comerota (USA), Athanasios Giannoukas (Greece)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15.00-15.45<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">3 Presentations from American Venous Forum (AVF)<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"647\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pr1<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Persistently low inferior vena cava retrieval rates in a population-based cohort<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A Mohapatra, NL Liang, R Chaer, E Tzeng<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburg, PA, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15.15<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pr2<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Nuclear magnetic resonance sectroscopic analysis of biofluids from patients with chronic venous disease<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">S Onida, RT Bergner, H Less, J Shalhoub, E Holmes, A Davies<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Imperial College, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pr3<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>United States endovenous ablation practice trends: Four year review of medicare provider utilisation and payment<\/strong><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">JM Crawford<sup>1<\/sup>, A Gasparis<sup>1<\/sup>, J Almeida<sup>2<\/sup>, Steve Elias<sup>3<\/sup>, Thomas Wakefield<sup>4<\/sup>, BK Lal<sup>5<\/sup>, N Osborne<sup>4<\/sup>, S Amery<sup>1<\/sup>, N Labropoulos<sup>1<\/sup><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>StonyBrook Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA, <sup>2<\/sup>Miami Vein Centre, University of Miami, Miami, USA, <sup>3<\/sup>Centre for Vein Disease, Englewood, New Jersey, USA, <sup>4<\/sup>Cardiovascular Centre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, \u00a0<sup>5<\/sup>University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15.45-16.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Presentation from American College of Phlebology (ACP)<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"647\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15.45<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pr4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Nutcracker syndrome can be over-diagnosed by duplex ultrasound \u2013 left ovarian vein reflux can be the cause of renal vein narrowing rather than an effect of obstructive flow<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">J Holdstock, A White, T Fernandez-Hart, D Beckett, J. Nemchand, M Whiteley<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The Whiteley Clinic, Guildford, United Kingdom<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">16.00-16.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2 Presentations from Japanese Society of Phlebology (JSP)<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"647\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">16.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pr5<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Diagnostic efficacy of duplex and near-infrared spectroscopy-derived parameters in predicting post-thrombotic syndrome in patients with a first episode of DVT<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">T Yamaki, Y Sasaki, A Osada, H Sakurai<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women\u2019s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">16.15<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pr6<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Comparison of efficacy and safety between DOAC and conventional therapy in patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A Tsuji, H Hayashi, J Ueda, N Konagai, R Asano, S Fukui, T Ogo, S Yasuda<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Department of Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Centre, Osaka, Japan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">16.30-17.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Refreshments and visit to Exhibition\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Visit to e-Poster Presentations<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17.00-19.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Didactic Session 2: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Challenging Problems in Chronic Venous Disease<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Marc Vuylsteke (Belgium), Mehmet Kurtoglu (Turkey)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">(12 minute presentation, 8 minute discussion)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Joint Session of the European Venous Forum, Balkan Venous Forum and Hellenic Phlebological Society.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17.00-17.20:<\/span> Quantitative changes in microcirculation across CEAP C0-C6 classes and the effect of VAD on such changes.\u00a0<em>E. Bouskela (Brazil)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17.20-17.40:<\/span> Can we prevent progression of skin changes in CVD?\u00a0<em>N. Labropoulos (USA)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17.40-18.00:<\/span> Efficacy of venoactive drugs in the management of symptoms and signs of chronic venous disease.\u00a0<em>S. Kakkos (Greece)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">18.00-18.20:<\/span> Current management of patients with C0s disease.\u00a0<em>M. Perrin (France)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">18.20-18.40:<\/span> How I select patients for foam sclerotherapy and how I can minimise the associated complications.\u00a0<em>J.J. Guex (France)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">18.40-19.00:<\/span> Can we reduce the risk of pigmentation after UGFS or thermal ablation?\u00a0<em>C. Hamel-Desnos<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> (France)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">20.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Congress Dinner<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mwm-aal-item\" name=\"saturday-30-june-2018\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>SATURDAY 30 JUNE 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 330px;\" width=\"680\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">08.30-10.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Abstract Session 6: Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0| 6 papers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>(10 minute presentation, 10 minute discussion)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Marianne De Maeseneer (Netherlands), Ioannis Tsolakis (Greece)<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"647\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">08.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">6.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Silent pulmonary embolism in patients with symptomatic deep vein thrombosis \u2013 an underestimated complication<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Georgios Galyfos<\/span>, Gerasimos Papacharalampous, Anastasios Papapetrou, Georgios Sachsamanis, Christiana Anastasiadou, Ioannis Sachmpazidis, Sotirios Giannakakis, Georgios Kastrisios, Chrisostomos Maltezos<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Department of Vascular Surgery, \u2018KAT\u2019 General Hospital, Athens, Greece<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">08.50<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">6.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">A randomized trial of class 2 and class 3 elastic compression in the prevention of recurrence of venous ulceration<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Dragan Milic1, Sasa Zivic2, Dragan Bogdanovic3, Milan Jovanovic4<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Clinic for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia &amp; Medical School University of Nis, Nis, Serbia.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Clinic for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Institute for Public Health, Nis, Serbia.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0Clinic for Vascular Surgery, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia &amp; Medical School University of Nis, Nis, Serbia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">09.10<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">6.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Clinical efficacy of a new once-daily 1000 mg oral suspension of micronized purified flavonoid fraction in patients suffering from symptomatic chronic venous disease<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Patrick Carpentier<sup>1<\/sup>, Debora Karetova<sup>2<\/sup>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lourdes Reina Gutierrez<\/span><sup>3<\/sup>,\u00a0Arnaud Maggioli<sup>4<\/sup><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Vascular Center, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Karlovo Namesti Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Department of angiology and Vascular Surgery, Hospital de la Cruz Roja, Madrid Spain.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Suresnes, France<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">09.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">6.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Utility of an algorithm combining VVSYMQ\u00ae and VCSS scores to predict disease severity in C2 patients<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Lowell Kabnick<sup>1<\/sup>, Thomas Wakefield<sup>2<\/sup>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mikel Sadek<\/span><sup>1<\/sup>, Jose Almeida<sup>3<\/sup>, Glenn Jacobiwitz<sup>1<\/sup><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA,\u00a0<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0University of Michigan, Michigan, USA,\u00a0<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Miami Vein Center, University of Miami, Florida, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">09.50<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">6.5<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>TRAP (Three-dimensional Restorative Ambulatory Phlebotherapy): A new conservative treatment for chronic vein insufficiency<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Lucia Raco, Claudio Rosco, Sergio Capurro<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Saint Francis Medical<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">10.10<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"60\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">6.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/congress.medeventspro.com\/abstracts\/EVF2018.aspx\">Mini-invasive foam sclerotherapy assisted ligation vs surgical flush ligation for incompetent sapheno-popliteal junction treatment<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Sergio Gianesini<\/u><sup>1<\/sup>, Erica Menegatti, Maria Grazia Sibilla<sup>2<\/sup>, Diana Neuhardt<sup>3<\/sup>, Mirko Tessari<sup>2<\/sup>, Paolo Zamboni<sup>4<\/sup><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0University of Ferrara (Italy); USUHS University (Bethesda, USA).\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0University of Ferrara (Italy).\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Comprehensive Interventional Care Center (Phoenix, USA).\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0University Ferrara (Italy)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">10.30-11.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Refreshments and visit to Exhibition\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Visit e-Poster Presentation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">11.00-13.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Didactic Session 3: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Challenging Problems in Venous Thromboembolism<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Spyros Vasdekis (Greece), Imre Bihari (Hungary)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">(12 minute presentation, 8 minute discussion)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Joint Session of the European Venous Forum, Balkan Venous Forum and Hellenic Phlebological Society<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">11.00-11.20:\u00a0<\/span>Towards a new classification of the deep vein thrombosis. <em>T Feodor<sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">1<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, A Puskas<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">2<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, S Baila<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">3<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, J Alma Mitea<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">4<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, O Vittos<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">5\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Medical Center for Diagnose, Ambulatory Treatment and Medical Prevention, Surgery Clinic &#8220;Sf.Nicolae&#8221;, Bucharest,\u00a0<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Angio-Center, Targu Mures, Romania.\u00a0<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, &#8220;C.C. Iliescu&#8221;, Bucharest, Romania.\u00a0<sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0Scientific consulting, Servier Pharma, Bucharest, Romania.\u00a0<sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0Medone Research, Bucharest, Romania<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">11.20-11.40:<\/span> Endophlebectomy of the common femoral vein and endovascular iliac vein recanalization for chronic ilio-femoral venous occlusion. <em>M Dumantepe (Turkey)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">11.40-12.00:<\/span> Expanding the treatment options of superficial vein thrombosis with rivaroxaban.<em>\u00a0E. Rabe (Germany)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.00-12.20:\u00a0Endophlebectomy of the common femoral vein and endovascular iliac vein recanalization for chronic ilio-femoral venous occlusion.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">M. Dumantepe (Turkey)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">12.20-12.40:\u00a0<\/span>Retroperitoneal venous compression syndromes: A new surgical strategy based on qualitative and quantitative duplex ultrasound examination in the presence of CTA and\/or MRI imaging. <em>W.\u00a0Sandmann<sup>1<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, T. Scholbach<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">2<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, K. Verginis<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">1<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, J. AlMaquablah<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">1<\/sup><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">, S. Jacobi<\/span><sup style=\"font-family: inherit;\">1<\/sup><\/em><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"><em>,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>1\u00a0Dept. of Vascular Surgery, EVK Mettmann, Teaching Hospital University Duisburg-Essen, 2\u00a0University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany,\u00a0K. Rademacher-M\u00f6llmann<sup>1<\/sup><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1<span style=\"color: #800000;\">2.40-13.00:<\/span> Complications of endovascular treatment of May-Thurner syndrome.\u00a0<em>G. Geroulakos<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> (Greece)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.00<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Closing Remarks\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Presentation of EVF 2019<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.15-14.15<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Didactic Session 4: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Venous and Lymphatic Diseases Management<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">(10 minute presentation, 5 minute discussion)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Balkan Venous Forum and Hellenic Phlebological Society<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Chair: Antonis Papageorgiou (Greece), Elena Goranova (Bulgaria)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.315-13.30:\u00a0<\/span>Surgical treatment of greater saphenous thrombosis involving sapheno-femoral junction: a 5-year retrospective study in Albania.\u00a0<em>S. Xhepa (Albania)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.30-13.45:<\/span> Lymphedema stage III: What must\/ can we do?\u00a0<em>T. Planinsek-Rucigaj (Slovenia)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">13.45-14.00:<\/span> Outcomes of the treatment of varicose veins with STEAM. <em>I. Droc\u00a0(Romania)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">14.00-14.15:<\/span> Pregnancy after thrombolysis for ilio-femoral DVT: Outcome and complications, 20 year experience.<em>\u00a0G. Szendro (Israel)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">14.15-14.30:<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Challenging issues in patients receiving DOACs when emergency surgery required.\u00a0<em>A. Arnaoutoglou (Greece)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">14.30-15.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Balkan Venous Forum\u00a0<\/strong>General Assembly <em>(Alexandros Hall)<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"119\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">19.30<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"528\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">End of Meeting &#8211; Adjournment<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Venous Workshop Programme<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>SATURDAY 30 JUNE 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15:30-19:30<\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0EVF &#8211; BVF and Hellenic Phlebological Society<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>VENOUS\u00a0<\/strong><strong>WORKSHOP: Current\u00a0<\/strong><strong>updates\u00a0<\/strong><strong>in\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Venous\u00a0<\/strong><strong>diseases\u00a0<\/strong><strong>treatment<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Convenors: A. Giannoukas (Greece), T. Urbanek (Poland), S. Vasdekis (Greece)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>(Pre-registration is required \u2013 No fees required)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">15:30-17:10<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Part 1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Station 1:<\/strong><\/span> Tips and tricks on foam sclerotherapy |\u00a0<em>J.J. Guex (France)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Station 2:<\/span><\/strong> Endovenous procedures with laser |\u00a0<em>T. Urbanek (Poland)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Station 3:<\/strong><\/span> Laser treatment for varicose veins |\u00a0<em>Ch. Karathanos (Greece)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Station 4:<\/span><\/strong> Mechano-chemical tumescentless endovenous treatment |<em> A.<\/em>\u00a0<em>Gasparis (USA)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Station 5:<\/span><\/strong> Venous Stenting 1 | <em>G. Geroulakos (Greece)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17.15 \u2013 17:30<\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>BREAK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">17:30-19:30<\/span><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Part 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Station 1:<\/strong><\/span> Endovenous Procedures with RF | <em>A.\u00a0Lazaris (Greece)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Station 2:<\/span><\/strong> Tumescentless endovenous treatment with glue | <em>N.\u00a0Roussas (Greece)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Station 3:<\/span><\/strong> Venous stenting 2 |\u00a0<em>A. Gasparis (USA)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Station 4:<\/span> <\/strong>IVC filters | <em>D.\u00a0Tsetis (Greece)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Station 5:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Intravascular ultrasound with venous interventions |\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">R Kretzschmar (Belgium)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Station 6:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Treatment of varicose veins with laser | <em>K. Spanos (Greece)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">19.30<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">End of Meeting &#8211; Adjournment<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROVISIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Tripartite Meeting 19th\u00a0Meeting of the European Venous Forum 9th\u00a0Annual Meeting of the Balkan Venous Forum Hellenic Phlebological Centre Olympia Hall, Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens, Greece 28-30 June 2018 Click here to download the Programme Click here to download the final printable version of the Programme THURSDAY 28 \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/19th-evf-athens-scientific-programme\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-onecolumn.php","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4475","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4475"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4483,"href":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4475\/revisions\/4483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}