{"id":55,"date":"2015-02-02T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T15:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:36:53","slug":"prize-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/index.php\/prize-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Prize Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">EVF Prize Winners<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"body\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Each year, during the Annual Meeting, the EVF Prize is awarded to the best presentation, scored on originality and quality. Prizes are awarded to 3rd, 2nd and 1st place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">We are pleased to present the <b>prize winners<\/b> since the inaugural meeting in Lyon in 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The winner of the 1st prize is awarded a grant up to the sum of \u00a31,500 to attend and present their paper at the following meeting of the American Venous Forum (AVF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The 1<sup>st<\/sup> place winner is also awarded a grant from the American Vein and Lymphatic Society to present the paper at the following meeting of the AVFL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The 3 winning abstracts are sent to the Japanese Society of Phlebology (JSP) who will accept one to be presented at the annual meeting of the JSP. The EVF will award a grant up to \u20ac3,000 to cover the travel and accommodation expenses in attending the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The EVF has a reciprocal arrangement with the AVF and the JSP. For further information please contact Anne Taft at the EVF Office:<\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:admin@europeanvenousforum.org\">admin@europeanvenousforum.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Electronic Presentations 2015<\/span><\/strong>: Four certificates were awarded for the Best Electronic Presentation at the EVF St Petersburg meeting, 2015. Click <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/EVF-Prize-Winners-2015-Electronic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/em> for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Electronic Presentations 2016<\/span><\/strong>: Three certificates were awarded for the Best Electronic Presentation at the EVF London meeting, 2016. Click <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/EVF-E-Presentations-2016-summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>ePoster Presentations 2017:<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Four certificates were awarded for the Best ePoster Presentation at the EVF Porto meeting, 2017. Click<em><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/EVF-E-Poster-2017-winners.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/em> for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>ePoster Presentations 2018:<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Two certificates were awarded for the Best ePoster Presentation at the EVF Athens meeting, 2018. Click<\/span><strong><em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ePoster-Winners-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>ePoster Presentations 2019:<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Two certificates were awarded for the Best ePoster Presentation at the EVF Zurich meeting, 2019. Click<\/span><strong><em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ePoster-Winners-2019.pdf\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>ePoster Presentations 2021:<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">One certificate was awarded for the Best ePoster Presentation at the EVF Virtual meeting, 2021. Click<\/span><strong><em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ePoster-Winners-2021.pdf\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>ePoster Presentations 2022:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">Three certificates were awarded for the Best ePoster Presentation at the EVF Zurich meeting, 2022. Click<\/span><strong><em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ePoster-Prizes-winners-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>ePoster Presentations 2023:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">Two certificates were awarded for the Best ePoster Presentation at the EVF Berlin meeting, 2023. Click<\/span><strong><em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ePoster-Winner-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>ePoster Presentations 2024:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">One certificate was awarded for the Best ePoster Presentation at the EVF Athens meeting, 2024. Click<\/span><strong><em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EVF-Poster-Winner-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>ePoster Presentations 2025:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">One certificate was awarded for the Best ePoster Presentation at the EVF Krakow meeting, 2025. Click<\/span><strong><em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Poster-Winner-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Case Presentations Prize 2025:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">Three certificates were awarded for the Best Case Presentations at the EVF Krakow meeting, 2025. Click<\/span><strong><em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EVF-Prize-Winners-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>ePoster Presentations 2026:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">One certificate was awarded for the Best ePoster Presentation at the EVF Paris meeting, 2026. Click<\/span><strong><em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanvenousforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/EVF-Prize-Winners-2026-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #808080;\">for details.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">26th Annual Meeting, 25-27 June 2026, Versailles, Paris, France<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\"><strong>Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of elastic stockings for the prevention of the post-thrombotic syndrome after deep vein thrombosis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Tabaku, Kate1<\/u>; Serraou, Eleni &#8211; Anna1; Vascular Surgery; Stathopoulou, Melina1; Vascular Surgery; Kounoudi, Christina1; Vascular Surgery; ten Cate-Hoek, Arina2; Thrombosis Expertise Center, Heart and Vascular Center; Nicolaides, Andrew3; Kakkos, Stavros1; Vascular Surgery<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1University of Patras, Patras, Greece; 2Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands; 3Imperial College London, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><strong>The Role Of Graduated Elastic Compression Stockings In Preventing Post Thrombotic Syndrome: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis Of Randomised Controlled Trials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Sheikh-Yasin, Kenan1<\/u>; Vascular Surgery; Gadi, Nishita1; Davies, Alun2; Thapar, Ankur3<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon, UK; 2Imperial college London, London, UK; 3Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><strong>Genome Wide Association Study Uncovers Genetic Determinants Of Varicose Veins And Progression To Skin Change In Chronic Venous Disease<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Bowie, Jessica; Section of Vascular Surgery; Tan, Matthew; Section of Vascular Surgery; Soh, Karen; Section of Vascular Surgery; Chen, Yi-An; School of Public Health; Davies, Alun H; Section of Vascular Surgery; Onida, Sarah; Section of Vascular Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">25th Annual Meeting, 26-28 June 2025, Krakow, Poland<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Reflux Patterns Of Lower Limb Varicose Veins Originating From The Pelvis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Storino, Joana1<\/u>; Barros, Fanilda2; Cardoso, Nathalia3<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1Pelvic Team, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; 2Fanilda Barros Institute, Vit\u00f3ria, Brazil; 3Maravasc Institute, Maranh\u00e3o, Brazil<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize (Joint)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><strong>A Novel Integrated Metabolic And Protein Biosignature Predicts Healing Outcomes In Venous Leg Ulceration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Tan, Matthew<\/u>; Pruekprasert, Kanin; Davies, Alun; Onida, Sarah<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Imperial College London, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize (Joint)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><strong>A Multicenter, Open-label, Non-inferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Non Rotational Mechanochemical Endovenous Ablation with&nbsp; Endovenous Laser Ablation In The Treatment Of Primary Great Saphenous Vein Incompetence (REBORN Trial): 1-month Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><u>Oud, Sharon1<\/u>; Alozai, Tamana2; Schreve, Michiel A.3; Mooij, Michael C.4; van Vlijmen, Clarissa J.4; Balm, Ron1; \u00dcnl\u00fc, \u00c7agdas3<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands; 3Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar, Netherlands; 4Skin and Vein Clinic Oosterwal, Alkmaar, Netherlands<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">24th Annual Meeting, 27-29 June 2024, Athens, Greece<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\"><strong>The DAVE randomised clinical trial &#8212; decellularised dermis allograft for the treatment of chronic venous leg ulceration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Matthew Tan*1;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Sarah Onida1; Valeria Balan1; Francine Heatley1; Sarrah Peerbux1; Tristan Lane1; David Epstein2; Keith Poskitt3; Nicky Cullum4; John Norrie5; Robert Lee5; Akila Chandrasekar6; Richard Lomas6; Alun Davies1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1Imperial College London, London, UK; 2University of Granada, Granada, Spain; 3Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire, UK; 4University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; 5University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; 6NHS Blood and Transfusion, Bristol, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><strong>Investigating the role of LL37 in accelerating atherosclerosis following venous thrombosis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Joana P. Cartaxo Serralha*1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">; Ling Gao1; Maria L. Bertolaccini1; Alexandru Dregan1; Joachim Pircher2; Alkystis Phinikaridou1; Christian Schulz2; Alberto Smith1; Prakash Saha1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1King&#8217;s College London, London, UK; 2Klinikum der Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, Munich, Germany<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><strong>Ten-year outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of endovenous laser ablation versus conventional surgery for great saphenous varicose veins.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Abduraheem Mohamed*1;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Daniel Carradice1; Ian Chetter1; George Smith1; Tom Wallace2; Shivani Rae1; Bharadhwaj Ravindhran1; Arthur Lim1; Alexander Knighton1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK; 2Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">23rd Annual Meeting, 22-24 June 2023, Berlin, Germany<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Novel Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) Versus Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMW) In Prevention Of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Recurrence In Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Patricia Noreen Bueno*; William Bernard Ong; Frinz Moey Rubio; Lea Arceli Gonzales-Porciuncula<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">St. Luke&#8217;s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize (Joint)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>The Epidemiology And Risk Factors Of Chronic Venous Disease And Superficial Vein Reflux In A General Population In The Netherlands &#8212; Results From The Rotterdam Study<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Eveline Scheerders*<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize (Joint)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>A Novel Screening Tool For Pelvic Venous Disorders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Matthew Tan*<sup>1<\/sup>; Adam Gwozdz<sup>1<\/sup>; Tasneem Pope<sup>1<\/sup>; Alun Davies<sup>1<\/sup>; Sriram Narayanan<sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>Imperial College London, London, UK;&nbsp;<sup>2<\/sup>The Venus Clinic Singapore and The Harley Street Heart &amp; Vascular Centre, Singapore, Singapore<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">22nd Virtual Annual Meeting, 30 June &#8211; 02 July 2022<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Hybrid ilio-femoral recanalization after injection for drug abuse obstruction: a single centre experience.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Elisa Munari*; Marzia Lugli; Matteo Longhi; Oscar Maleti<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Hesperia Hospital, Modena, Italy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>The effects of post-thrombotic venous outflow obstruction on cardiac function during exercise.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Rachael Morris*<sup>1<\/sup>; Bram Ruijsink<sup>1<\/sup>; Richard Bruce1; Philip Marino<sup>2<\/sup>; Bhashkar Mukherjee<sup>2<\/sup>; Aimee Brame<sup>2<\/sup>; Reza Razavi<sup>1<\/sup>; Alberto Smith<sup>1<\/sup>; Stephen Black<sup>1<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>Kings College London, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup>St Thomas&#8217; Hospital, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Development of an international standard set of outcome measures for patients with venous thromboembolism: A Report of The International Consortium For Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) Venous Thromboembolism Working Group.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Adam Gwozdz*<sup>1<\/sup>; Cindy de Jong<sup>2<\/sup>; Luz Fialho3; Frieda Sossi<sup>3<\/sup>; Theerawich Likitabhorn<sup>4<\/sup>; Stephen Black<sup>1<\/sup>; Frederikus Klok<sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, King&#8217;s Colle, London, UK;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2Department of Medicine, Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup>International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement, London, UK; <sup>4<\/sup>International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement, Boston, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">21st Virtual Annual Meeting, 24-26 June 2021<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Quality of life outcomes after iliac vein stenting for chronic deep venous obstruction: a tertiary centre experience using the Veines-Qol\/Sym<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Rachael Morris*; Anna Pouncey; Taha Khan; Adam Gwozdz; Belen Quintana; Prakash Saha; Stephen Black<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">St Thomas&#8217; Hospital, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Factors, which are secreted by the venous endothelium upon exposure to oscillatory shear stress, affect adjacent cell layers of the vein wall<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mariia Smetanina*1; Arina Shirshova2; Igor Zolotukhin3; Andrey Shevela1; Maxim Filipenko1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine (ICBFM); Novosibirsk State University (NSU), Novosibirsk, Russia;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine (ICBFM), Novosibirsk, Russia;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">3Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU); Institute of Chemical Biology and Fund, Moscow, Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Randomised clinical trial of mechanochemical ablation versus cyanoacrylate adhesive for the treatment of varicose veins (MOCCA)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Amjad Belramman*1; Tristan R A Lane1; Roshan Bootun1; Tjun Yip Tang2; Alun H Davies1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1Imperial College London, London, London, UK;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2Singapore General Hospital and Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore., Singapore, Singapore<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">20th Annual Meeting, 27-29 June 2019, Zurich, Switzerland<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Compression following endothermal ablation &#8212; a randomised controlled trial<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Roshan Bootun; Amjad Belramman; Layla Bolton-Saghdaoui; Tristan RA Lane; Celia Riga; Alun H Davies<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Imperial College London, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Joint 2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Quantitative and structural characteristics of mitochondrial DNA in varicose veins<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Mariya A. Smetanina1; Kseniya S. Sevost&#8217;ianova1; Arina N. Shirshova2; Igor P. Oscorbin2; Natalya A. Oskina2; Igor A. Zolotukhin3; Maxim L. Filipenko1.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine (ICBFM); Novosibirsk State University (NSU), Novosibirsk, Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine (ICBFM), Novosibirsk, Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">3Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU), Moscow, Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Joint 2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Cost utility analysis of modalities of treatment for iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis in the United Kingdom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Anna Louise Pouncey1; Joseph B Babigumira2; Oscar W Johnson1; Stephen A Black1.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1Guy&#8217;s and St Thomas&#8217; NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">2University of Washington, Washington, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">19th Annual Meeting, 28-30 June 2018, Athens, Greece<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Magnetic resonance multi-sequence thrombus imaging (MSTI) in patients with acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis can predict thrombus lysability<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Justinas Silickas<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><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>1<\/sup>Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, King&#8217;s College London &amp; Vascular Surgery Department, Guy&#8217;s and St Thomas&#8217; NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>2<\/sup> School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King&#8217;s College London, London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><sup>3<\/sup> School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, Santiago, Chile<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Catheter-directed thrombolysis versus angiojet pharmacomechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Pouncey AL, Silickas J, Johnson O, Gwozdz AM, Saha P, Black SA<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Just-in-time: Importance of early duplex surveillance following deep venous stenting for the treatment of post-thrombotic syndrome<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Adam Gwozdz, Prakash Saha, Justinas Silickas, Leonardo Jones, Taha Kahn, Lawrence Stephenson, Anna Pouncey, Oscar Johnston, Ash Patel, Soundrie Padayachee, Alberto Smith, Stephen Black<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, St Thomas&#8217; Hospital, King&#8217;s College London, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">18th Annual Meeting, 29 June &#8211; 1 July 2017, Porto, Portugal<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Randomised controlled trial of compression therapy following endothermal ablation (Cometa trial).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Roshan Bootun, Layla Bolton-Saghdaoui, Tristan RA Lane, Celia Riga, Alun H Davies. Imperial College London, London, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Noninvasive evaluation of calf muscle oxygenation in patients with chronic venous insufficiency using near-infrared spectroscopy- correlation with clinical severity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Yumiko Sasaki, Takashi Yamaki, Hiroki Yago, Yuki Hasegawa, Atsuyoshi Osada, Hiroyuki Sakurai. Tokyo Women&#8217;s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Anomalies of the inferior vena cava: not always congenital?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">EE Willms, RR van den Bos, MGR De Maeseneer. E<span class=\"body\">rasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>17th Annual Meeting, 7th-9th July 2016, London, UK<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>A cost comparison of treating those with and without the complications of SVI<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> J El-Sheikha, S Nandhra, C Leung, T Wallace, D Carradice, I Chetter<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Academic Vascular Surgery Unit, Hull York Medical School, Hull, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">2nd Prize<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>The relationship between social deprivation and referral to a vascular service for the assessment and diagnosis of varicose veins and leg ulcer before and after publication of NICE clinical guidelines 168<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> H Davies, M Poppelwell, K Koutsoumpelis, G Bate, A Bradbury<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> University of Birmingham, Department of Vascular Surgery, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><strong>Risk adjusted DVT prophylaxis for ambulatory varicose vein procedures: How useful is the Caprini risk assessment model<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> AJ Wagstaff, SJ Goodyear, IK Nyamekye <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <span class=\"body\">The Vascular Unit, Worcester Royal Hospital, Worcester, UK<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>16th Annual Meeting, 2nd-4th July 2015, St. Petersburg, Russia<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Clinical and technical five year outcomes of a randomised clinical trial comparing EVLA vs. Surgery for Varicose Veins<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> J El-Sheikha, S Nandhra, D Carradice, T Wallace, N Samuel, I Chetter<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Hull York Medical School \/ Hull University, Academic Vascular Surgery Unit, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">2nd Prize<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Increasing thigh compression pressure correlates with a reduction in the venous drainage index of air plethysmography<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> CR Lattimer, S Doucet, E Kalodiki, M Azzam, V Ibegbuna, G Geroulakos<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Josef Pflug Vascular Laboratory, Ealing Hospital &amp; Imperial College, London, UK<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>One-year outcomes following deep venous reconstruction for thrombotic disease using dedicated endovenous stents<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> P Saha, N Karunanithy, K Breen, A Patel, B Hunt, B Modarai, S Black <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <span class=\"body\">Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Division &amp; Department of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, BHF Centre of Excellence, King\u2019s College London and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy\u2019s &amp; St Thomas\u2019 NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>15th Annual Meeting, 26th-28th June 2014, Paris, France<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Rates of duplex-detected recanalisation 5 years after ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy and relationship with clinical, haemodynamic and patient reported outcomes<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> KAL Darvall, GR Bate, AW Bradbury. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> University of Birmingham, Department of Vascular Surgery, Birmingham, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">2nd Prize<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Validation of the Caprini risk score for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in high risk surgical patients<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> K Lobastov, V Barinov, L Laberko, V Boyarintsev<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> The Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"63\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>The AVULS Trial \u2013 simultaneous varicosity treatment is clinically better<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> TRA Lane, D Kelleher, AC Shepherd, IJ Franklin, AH Davies<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Academic Section of Vascular Surgery, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>14th Annual Meeting, 27th-30th June 2013, Belgrade, Serbia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Long-term (5-8 years) follow-up after ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins: Patient-reported outcomes (PROMS), satisfaction and health-related quality of life<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> KAL Darvall, GR Bate, AW Bradbury<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> University Department of Vascular Surgery, Birmingham, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Factors associated with the development of superficial vein thrombosis in patients with varicose veins<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> C Karathanos1, M Exarchou1, A Tsezou2, D Kyriakou3, C Wittens4,5, A Giannoukas1<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 1.Department of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessalia, Larissa, Greece, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 2.Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessalia, Larissa, Greece<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 3.Department of&nbsp; Haematology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessalia, Larissa, Greece<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 4.Department of Vascular Surgery and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 5.Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"87\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Characterisation of thrombus extent in patients with acute lower limb deep vein thrombosis<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> N Bochanen 1,2, P Van Schil1,2, M De Maeseneer1,3 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences<strong>, <\/strong>University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 2. Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium. 3. Department of Dermatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>13th Annual Meeting, 28th-30th June 2012, Florence, Italy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Metabolic profile of veins and their implications in primary varicose veins disease.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Anwar MA1, Beckonert OP2, Shalhoub J1, Vorkas PA2, Lim CS1, Want EJ2, Nicholson JK2, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Holmes E2, Davies AH1<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 1Academic Section of Vascular Surgery.&nbsp; 2Section of Biomolecular Medicine, Department of Surgery &amp; Cancer, Imperial College London, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>The incidence of endovenous foam induced thrombosis (EFIT) in 1000 legs in a single vascular centre.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Kulkarni SR, Messenger DE, Slim FJA, Emerson LG, Bulbulia RA, Whyman MR, Poskitt KR<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"87\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Two-year follow-up after ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for varicose veins: Clinical, duplex and health-related quality of life.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Darvall KAL, Bate GR, Bradbury AW<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"body\" style=\"color: #808080;\"> University Department of Vascular Surgery, Birmingham, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>12th Annual Meeting, 30th June &#8211; 3rd July 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Endovenous laser treatment of the great saphenous vein using a bare fibre versus tulip fibre.&nbsp;&nbsp; Short term results of the Tulip-trial (ISRNTN51287398)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Y Goubau, P Mahieu, M Vuylsteke, S Thomis, I Fournau, S Morden<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Department of Vascular Surgery, Sint Andriesziekenhuis, Belgium, Department of Vascular Surgery, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Belgium, Inserm U 703, Universite Lille Nord de France, France<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Endogenous markers of thrombogenesis are significantly increased in patients with varicose veins<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> CR Lattimer, E Kalodiki, D Hoppensteadt, Z Chaudhry, J Fareed, AN Nicolaides, G Geroulakos<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Josef Pflug Vascular Unit, Ealing Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK, Thrombosis &amp; Haemostasis Research Laboratory, Loyola University Medical Centre, Maywood, IL, USA, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"73\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Improving retrieval rates of temporary inferior vena cava filters<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> RJ Meisner, AP Gasparis G Spentzouris, D Elitharp, N Labropoulos, A Tassiopoulos<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"body\" style=\"color: #808080;\">Stonybrook University Hospital, Stonybrook, NY, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>11th Annual Meeting, 24th-26th June 2010, Antwerp, Belgium<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Steam ablation of saphenous varicose veins:&nbsp; A promising new endovenous thermal therapy.&nbsp; <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> RR van den Bos, R Milleret, M Neumann, T Nijsten <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Erasmus MC, The Netherlands<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"54\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Effect of the anticoagulant therapy in the thrombus regression: A prospective duplex ultrasound study.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> A Romera-Villegas, MA Cairols, X Marti-Mestre, S Riera-Batalla, C Martinez-Rico<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"89\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Tissue pressures in venous disease.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> G Gemayel, JT Christenson<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Venous Centre, University Hospital of Geneva &amp; Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>10th Annual Meeting, 5th-7th June 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Intraluminal fibre-tip centering can improve endovenous laser ablation: A histological study.&nbsp; <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> M Vuylsteke, J van Dorpe (1), J Roelens (2), D Bo Th, S Mordon (3) <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Department of Vascular Surgery, Sint-Andriesziekenhuis, Tielt, Belgium<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> (1) Department of Pathology, Heilig-Hartziekenhuis, Roeselare, Belgium <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> (2) Department of Pathology, Sint-Andriesziekenhuis, Tielt, Belgium<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> (3) INSERM U 703, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"82\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Atresia of the inferior vena cava and iliofemoral venous thrombosis.&nbsp; Experiences with catheter-directed thrombolysis.&nbsp; <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> R Broholm, N Baekgaard, S Just, M Jorgensen, L Panduro Jensen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Department of Vascular Surgery, Department of Radiology and the Thrombosis Centre, Gentofte University Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Medium-term follow-up of a randomized trial comparing laser ablation with stripping of the GSV.&nbsp; Recurrence rate and pattern after 2 years.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> LH Rasmussen, M Lawaetz, L Bjoern, B Lawaetz, A Blemings, B Eklof<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> The Danish Vein Centres and Surgical Clinic, Roskilde, Denmark<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>9th Annual Meeting, 26th \u2013 28th June 2008, Barcelona, Spain<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Inelastic compression increases venous ejection fraction more than elastic bandages.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> G Mosti 1, V Mattaliano 1, H Partsch 2 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 1Angiology Department, Clinica MD, Barbantini, Lucca, Italy <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 2 Private Practice, Vienna, Austria<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"82\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Side effects and complications of foam sclerotherapy of the great and small saphenous veins: A controlled multicentre prospective study including 1025 patients.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> JL Gillet, JM Guedes, JJ Guex, C Hamel-Desnos, M Schadeck, M Lauseker, FA Allaert. Vascular Medicine-Phlebology, Bourgoin-Jallieu, France<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Progression of chronic venous disease in post-thrombotic limbs is more rapid when compared to primary.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> AP Gasparis 1, N Labropoulos 1, D Pefanis 2, LR Leon 3, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> SB Psalms 3, AK Tassiopoulos 1 <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 1 Division of Vascular Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Centre, Stony Brook, NY, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> 2 Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ, 3 Vascular Surgery Section, University of Arizona health Science Centre, Tuscon, AZ, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>8th Annual Meeting, 29th June \u2013 1 July 2007, Istanbul, Turkey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"93%\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Haemodynamic assessment of iliac veins and their relation with the sapheno-femoral junction<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> P Brazis(1), R Piotrowicz(1), N Labropoulos(2), A Jawien(1)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> (1)Department of Surgery, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University,&nbsp; Bydgoszcz, Poland, (2)Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Medicine &amp; Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ USA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" height=\"82\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Is hypoxia a feature of varicose vein disease?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> B Sharp(1,2), BT Navin(1), C Monaco(1,2), E Paleolog(1,2), AH Davies(2) <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> (1)Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College, London, UK, (2)Charing Cross Hospital Department of Surgery, Oncology and Anaesthetics (SORA), Imperial College, London, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body style24\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Can postocclusive reactive hyperemia improve evaluation of venous obstruction in patients with chronic venous disease?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> DJ Paolini, AJ Comerota, LS Jones. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Jobst Vascular Center, The Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>7th Annual Meeting, 29 June &#8211; 1 July 2006, London, UK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Continuous ambulatory venous pressure monitoring.A step forward in quantifying venous reflux<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Eifell RKG (1), Ashour HY (1), Lees TA (2)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">(1) Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">(2) Northern Vascular Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong> A patient self-administered quality of life questionnaire to complement clinical and vascular laboratory assessments of varicose veins.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Van Rij AM, Chen T, Macfarlane J, Landmann MC. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Department of Surgery, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">3rd Prize<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Venous hypertension induced venous insufficiency ameliorated by Daflon 500mg<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Pascarella L (1), Lulic D (2), Alsaigh T (1), Lee J (1), Kapur V (1), Schmid-Schonbein G (1), Bergan J (2)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> (1) Department of Bioengineering, (2), Department of Surgery, UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, California, US<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span id=\"role_document\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>6th Annual Meeting, 24-26 June 2005, Crete, Greece<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>N<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"body\" style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>atural history and early outcome of calf deep venous thrombosis<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Labropoulos N, Bhatti A, Leon L, Patel PJ.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 60153-3304, USA&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span class=\"body\" style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>External ultrasonic valvuloplasty<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Milleret R, Pichardo S, Chapelon JY, Pichot O, Curiel L, Lacoste F.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Inserm U 556, Lyon, France<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"body\" bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span class=\"body\" style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>What is potentially the right factor XIII for venous leg ulcer treatment?<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> T<\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">ognazzo S, Gemmati D, Catozzi L, Carandina S, Pallazo A, Fortini P,<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Scapoli GL, Zamboni P.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Center Study Haemostasis &amp; Thrombosis and Center for Vascular Diseases, University of Ferrara, Italy<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>5th Annual Meeting, 25-27 June 2004, Warsaw, Poland<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\" width=\"93%\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Reentry ways in varicose disease<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Winczakiewicz J, Borkiewicz M.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Prywatne Centrum Chirurgi, Torun, Poland&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Contraindication for pelvic varices embolisation due to anomalies in the iliocaval sector<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Leal Monedero J, Zubicoa Ezpeleta S, Castro Castro J, Sanchez Guerrero A, Grimberg M.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Hospital Ruber Internacional, Madrid, Spain<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Saphenofemoral venous channels associated with recurrent varicose veins are not neovascular<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> El Wajeh Y (1), Giannoukas AD (1), Gulliford CJ (2), Suvarna SK (2), Chan P (1).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> (1) Sheffield Vascular Institute; (2) Department of Histopathology, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>4th Annual Meeting, 27-29 June 2003, Lisbon, Portugal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\" width=\"93%\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>20-year prospective epidemiological study on the development of varicose veins from childhood to adulthood (BOCHUM study I-IV)<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Schultz-Ehrenburg U (1), Reich S (2), Robak-Pawelczyk B (2), Altmeyer P (2), Stucker M (2).&nbsp; (1) Health Center of Berlin-Weissensee, Dermatology and Phlebology, Berlin Germany and (2) Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Rubr-University, Bochum, Germany.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Evaluation of the venous severity score: Comparison with the health specific Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire and the Short Form 12 General Health Survey<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Beresford TP, Smith JJ, Greenhalgh RM, Davies AH.&nbsp; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>The impact of primary chronic venous insufficiency progression in recurrent varicose vein disease<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Kostas T, Ioannou CV, Touloupakis E, Daskalaki E, Tsetis D*, Kafetzakis A, Liamis A, Kafeza M, Giannoukas AD, Katsamouris AN.&nbsp; Division of Vascular Surgery and *Dept of Radiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>3rd Annual Meeting, 14-16th June 2002, Berlin, Germany<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\" width=\"93%\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Determining the risk of morphological and functional damage of nervus saphenus in dependence on the position of n. saphenus and v. saphena Magna<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Veverkova L.&nbsp; 1st Surgical Clinic, Masarik University, Brno, Czech Republic<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Joint<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>The role of inferior epigastric vein in the pathogenesis of recurrent varicose veins of the groin: Based on colour coded duplex scanning<\/b> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Staszkiewicz W, Madycki G, Hendiger W.&nbsp; Department of Vascular Surgery, Centre for Postgraduate Medical Studies, Warsaw, Poland<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Minimally invasive surgical management of primary venous ulcers vs compression treatment: A long term randomized study<br \/>\n<\/b>Zamboni P, Cisno C, Marchetti F, Quaglio D, Mazza P, Fogato L, Carandina S, dePalma M.&nbsp; Dept of Surgery, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Joint<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Venous thromboembolism-prophylaxis on a Saturday morning in a district hospital<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Fassiadis N, Stavrianakis C, Moghraby OS, Gandhi P, Forde J, Desai A.&nbsp; Department of General Surgery, Bromley Hospital, London, England<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Venous thrombi resolve in tissue-type plasminogen activator deficient mice (TPA-\/-) but not in urokinase-type plasminogen activator deficient (UPA-\/-) mice<br \/>\n<\/b>Singh I, Collins M, Collen D, Burnand K, Waltham M, Smith A.&nbsp; Kings College, St Thomas&#8217; Campus, London, England<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>2nd Annual Meeting, 13-14th September 2001, Rome Italy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\" width=\"93%\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Factors influencing recurrence of venous ulcers during long term followup<\/b> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Blair SD, Hamsho A. Velthysen G, Mansell I.&nbsp; Wirral Hospital and Community Trusts, Wirral, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Ultrasound anatomy of the anterior saphenous vein<\/b> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Georgiev M, Ricci S, Caggiati A, Cappelli M.&nbsp; Rome and Florence, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>The saphenofemoral valve-gatekeeper turned into rearguard<br \/>\n<\/b>Fassiadis N, Holdstock JM, Whiteley MS.&nbsp; Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Inaugural Meeting, 29 June &#8211; 1 July 2000, Lyon, France<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"7%\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>1st Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\" width=\"93%\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Endothelin-B receptor bearing endothelial cells may mediate neo-vascularisation as a cause of varicose veins<\/b> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Agu O, Dashwood MR, Hamilton G, Baker DM.&nbsp; University Department of Surgery, Royal Free and University College London Medical School.&nbsp; Royal Free Campus, Hampstead, London<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>2nd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>The effect of skin compression on capillary blood velocity in patients with combined arterial and venous disease<\/b> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Shoab SS, Howlader M, Coleridge-Smith PD.&nbsp; Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#F2F2F2\">\n<td class=\"body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>3rd Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"style11\">\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Symptoms and venous haemodynamics in a varicose vein population according to the CEAP classification<\/b> <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Iborra E, Cairols MA, Linares P, Ballon H.&nbsp; Ciutat Sanitaria I Universitaria de Bellvitge, L&#8217;Hospitalet de LL Barcelona (Catalonia), Spain<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVF Prize Winners Each year, during the Annual Meeting, the EVF Prize is awarded to the best presentation, scored on originality and quality. 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