ESVS Committees

ESVS Academy

The ESVS Academy Committee is in charge of developing and managing education and training activities of the ESVS.

Chairman	Dr. Ramon Vila Coll, Spain
Convenor of Diagnostic Workshops	Prof. Kim Bredahl, Denmark
Convenor of Endovascular Workshops	Prof. Zoran Rancic, Switzerland
Interim Convenor of Endovascular Workshops	Dr. Flavia Gentile, Luxembourg
Convenor of Open Workshops	Prof. Igor Koncar, Serbia
Convenor of Venous Workshops	Dr. Adam Zielinski, Poland
Convenor of Vascular Medicine Workshops	Dr. Vincent Jongkind, Netherlands
Convenor of Academic workshops	Mr. David Lewis, United Kingdom
Convenor of HR Workshops	Dr. Claudia Schrimpf, Germany
Training Team Coordinator	Dr. Ana Maria Vrancianu, Romania
EVST Representative	Dr. Petar Zlatanovic, Serbia

ESVS e-committee

ESVS e-committee is responsible for the development and supervision of the ESVS e-library. The e-library platform will include various educational materials, such as videos from ESVS events (Webinars, Masterclasses, Annual Meetings and more), podcasts, abstract books and other documents. In addition, the e-library will include the new ESVS electronic textbook– “Virtual Vascular” with chapters on pre-defined topics written by experts in different fields of vascular surgery and updated on a regular basis.

Prof. E. Sebastian Debus (Chair), Germany	Dr. Petar Zlatanovic, Serbia
Dr. Egle Kavaliunaite, Denmark	Dr. Melina Vega de Ceniga, Spain
Dr. Pirkka Vikatmaa, Finland	Prof. François Saucy, Switzerland
Dr. Willemien van de Water, The Netherlands

Guidelines Committee

The Guidelines Committee was set up in 2013 with the responsibility to identify topics and develop guidelines.

Prof. Philippe Kolh (Chair), Belgium	Prof. Santi Trimarchi, Italy
Prof. Frank Vermassen, Belgium	Dr. Frederico Bastos Goncalves, Portugal
Dr. Jes Lindholt, Denmark	Dr. Igor Koncar, Serbia
Dr. Riikka Tulamo, Finland	Prof. Nuno Dias Sweden
Prof. Nabil Chakfé, France	Prof. Anders Wanhainen, Sweden
Prof. Raphael Coscas France	Prof. Rob Hinchliffe, UK
Prof. Stavros Kakkos, Greece	Dr. Chris Twine, UK

IRBD Committee

The Industry Relationships and Business Development (IRBD) Committee is in charge of developing partnerships with medical devices and pharmaceutical companies in the vascular healthcare field.

Chair	Dr. Pirkka Vikatmaa, Finland
President	Prof. Hence Verhagen, The Netherlands
Secretary General	Prof. Maarit Venermo, Finland
President Elect	Prof. Mauro Gargiulo, Italy
Academy chair	Dr. Ramon Vila Coll, Spain
Chief Executive Officer	Ms. Anastasia Duval, France

Programme Committee

The ESVS Annual Meeting’s scientific programme is under the responsibility of the ESVS Programme Committee.

Chairman	Prof. Sebastian Debus, Germany
ESVS Secretary General	Prof. Maarit Venermo, Finland
ESVS President	Prof. Hence Verhagen, Netherlands
ESVS Academy Representative	Dr. Ramon Vila Coll, Spain
EVNS Representative	Prof. Christine Kumlien, Sweden
EJVES Representative	Prof. Florian Dick, Switzerland
EVST Representative	Dr. Bahaa Arefai, Spain
Advisor	Prof. Igor Koncar, Serbia
Advisor	Prof. Stavros Kakkos, Greece
Advisor	Prof. Alison Halliday, United Kingdom

VASCUNET

Vascunet is a committee of the European Society of Vascular Surgery which aims to increase knowledge and understanding of vascular disease, and to promote excellence in vascular surgery, by means of international vascular audit.

Christian-Alexander Behrendt (Chair VASCUNET), Germany	Carlo Setacci, Italy
Jacob Budtz-Lilly (Secretary VASCUNET), Denmark	Dirk Grotemeyer, Luxembourg
Kevin Mani (Co-Chair ICVR), Sweden	Kevin Cassar, Malta
Barry Beiles, Australia	Matthew Grima, Malta
Tina Cohnert, Austria	Gert Jan de Borst, Netherlands
Michaela Kluckner, Austria	Manar Khashram New Zealand
Paulo E. Ocke Reis, Brazil	Jo Krysa, New Zealand
Ivan Cvjetko, Croatia	Martin Altreuther, Norway
Milijenko Kovačević, Croatia	Arkadiusz Kazimierczak, Poland
Nikolaj Eldrup, Denmark	Frederico Bastos Goncalves, Portugal
Riikka Tulamo, Finland	Mihai Ionac, Romania
Maarit Venermo, Finland	Ana Maria Vrancianu, Romania
Fabien Lareyre, France	Alexei Svetlikov, Russia
Nicla Settembre, France	Igor Koncar, Serbia
Ulrich Rother, Germany	Andrew MTL Choong , Singapore
Andreas Lazaris, Greece	Cristina Lopez Espada, Spain
Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Greece	Birgitta Sigvant, Sweden
Gabor Menyhei, Hungary	Thomas Lattman, Switzerland
Zoltan Szeberin, Hungary	Jonathan Boyle, United Kingdom
Elin Laxdal, Iceland	Arun Pherwani, United Kingdom
Stefano Ancetti, Italy

N°	Title	Presenter	Country
O-181	Risk Factors For Major Operative Complications (Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Death) Among 4,440 Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy: Pooled Analysis Of Va, Acas, Acst-1 And Gala Trials	Dylan Morris	United Kingdom
O-182	Disease Activity In Takayasu’S Arteritis Affects Long-Term Graft Related Outcomes	William Stone	United States
O-183	Do Integrated Sysyems Of Stroke Care Improve Symptom To Surgery Times In Patients With Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis? A Decision Tree Analysis	Matthew Thomas	United Kingdom
O-184	Individual Surgeon Report Cards For Rate Of Carotid Endarterectomies In Asymptomatic Patients: An Improving Wisely Performance Metric For Carotid Disease	Caitlin Hicks	United States
O-185	Incomplete Circle Of Willis Is Associated With A Higher Incidence Of Neurologic Events During Carotid Eversion Endarterectomy Without Shunting	Peter Banga	Hungary
O-186	Improving The Quality Of Carotid Endarterectomy And Carotid Artery Stenting: Identifying Hospital-Level Structural Factors That Affect Outcomes In The Prevention Of Thromboembolic Strokes	Kamran Gaba	United Kingdom
O-187	Idus Detects More Defects After Cea Compared To Angiography: Results From The Cidac Study	Christoph Knappich	Germany
O-188	Increased Intra-Individual Perivascular Adipose Tissue Density And Increased Inflammatory Rna Expression Of Perivascular Adipose Tissue In Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms	Jorn Meekel	Netherlands
O-189	Study Of Dysregulated Micrornas In Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Tissue	Emma Plana	Spain
O-190	Dietary Fibre Intake And The Risk Of Developing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Of Middle-Aged Individuals In Sweden	Sara Nordkvist	Sweden
O-191	Modeling Tissue Re-Modeling During The Pathogenesis Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms	Tina Cohnert	Austria
O-192	Statin Therapy Reduces Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Content And Adverse Cardiovascular Events In Patients Undergoing Endarterectomy	Gioele Simonte	Italy
O-193	The Perineural Local Anaesthetic Catheter After Major Lower Limb Amputation Trial (Placement): A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Study	Graeme Ambler	United Kingdom
O-194	The Idomeneo Study – Treatment Of Peripheral Arterial Disease In Germany	Christian-Alexander Behrendt	Germany
O-195	Drug-Eluting Stent Shows Similar Patency Results As Prosthetic Bypass In Patients With Femoropopliteal Occlusion In A Randomized Trial	Patrick Björkman	Finland
O-196	Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Versus Standard Dressings On Closed Incisions For The Prevention Of Surgical Site Infections After Vascular Surgery – A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Controlled Trials	Robert Svensson-Björk	Sweden
O-197	Endovascular Treatment Of Isolated Common Iliac Artery Aneurysms Using Iliac Branch Stent-Grafts Without Aortic Component: A National Multicenter Registry	Alessia Giaquinta	Italy
O-198	Rest Pain And Wound Healing In Patients Suffering Critical Limb Ischemia (Cli) Benefits From Recombinant Growth Hormone (Rgh) Therapy: The First-In-Man Pilot Study For The Use Of Rgh In Cli.	Diego Caicedo Valdes	Spain

N°	Title	Presenter	Country
O-141	Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of A Randomized Controlled Trial (Super): Endovascular Revascularization Or Supervised Exercise Therapy For Intermittent Claudication Due To Iliac Artery Obstruction	Nick van Reijen	Netherlands
O-142	High On-Treatment Platelet Reactivity And Low Platelet Response To Aspirin In Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease Undergoing Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty Of The Arteries Of The Lower Limbs.	Michal Juszynski	Poland
O-143	Experimental Model To Assess The Efficacy And Safety Of Vessel Sealing Devices In By-Pass Surgey	Manuel Miralles Hernandez	Spain
O-144	Risk Factors For In-Hospital Mortality Following Major Lower Limb Amputation: Analysis Of 10,000 Patients’ Data From The Uk National Vascular Registry	Graeme Ambler	United Kingdom
O-145	Antiplatelet Therapy In Peripheral Arterial Disease: An Umbrella Review And Meta-Analysis Of Preventative And Treatment Outcomes	Graeme Ambler	United Kingdom
O-146	Genetic Variants In Selenoprotein Genes Selenos, Gpx4, And Sepp1, But Not Selenoprotein Levels, Are Associated With The Development Of Peripheral Artery Disease And The Inter-Individual Variation In The Ankle-Brachial Index	Ewa Strauss	Poland
O-147	Peripheral Arterial Disease Still In The Periphery: Outcome And Treatment Practice For Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease And Myocardial Infarction According To Swedish Nationwide Data.	Birgitta Sigvant	Sweden
O-148	Bovine Pericardial Patch – A Good Alternative In Femoral Angioplasty	Katariina Noronen	Finland
O-149	Perfusion Angiography In The Prediction Of Wound Healing In Endovascular Treatment Of Critical Limb Ischemia: Translating Imaging Parameters Into Clinical Outcomes.	Efrem Gómez-Jabalera	Spain
O-150	Pedal Arch Patency Guarantees Wound Healing And Limb Salvage Of Transmetatarsal Amputation Following Limb Revascularization.	Mohammad ABUALHIN	Italy
O-151	A Comparison Of Clinical Outcomes Following Femoro-Popliteal Bypass Or Plain Balloon Angioplasty With Selective Bare Metal Stenting In The Bypass Versus Angioplasty In Severe Ischaemia Of The Limb (Basil) Trial	Matthew Popplewell	United Kingdom
O-152	The Rate Of Patients For Endovascular Repair Of Popliteal Aneurysms May Be Overestimated Following The Instructions For Use. Cta And Mra Are Mandatory To Select Patients.	Konstantin Hellwig	Germany
O-153	Long Aortic Part Of The Stents As A New Predictor For In-Stent Restenosis After Kissing Stenting Of The Aortoiliac Arteries	Miklós Vértes	Hungary
O-154	The Effect Of Supervised Exercise Therapy On Cardiovascular Risk Profile Of Patients With Intermittent Claudication? A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.	Nils Cornelis	Belgium
O-155	Quality Of Life And Not Health Status Improves After Major Amputation In The Elderly Critical Limb Ischemia Patient.	Chloé Peters	Netherlands
O-156	A Nirs-Assisted Test Discriminates Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease And Chronic Venous Insufficiency With Improved Foot Oxygenation Following Low Elastic Compression Therapy	Nicola Lamberti	Italy
O-157	The Role Of Female Gender On Outcomes After Stenting For Aorto-Iliac Arterial Obstructive Disease	Michele Piazza	Italy
O-158	Long-Term Quality Of Life After Revascularisation In Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Transversal Study.	Rianne Vossen	Netherlands
O-159	A Comparative Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty And Femoral-Popliteal Bypass Surgery For Medium-Length Tasc Ii B And Tasc Ii C Femoropopliteal Lesions.	Rianne Vossen	Netherlands
O-160	Peripheral Artery Imaging By Contrast-Enhanced 3D Tomographic Ultrasound	Steven Rogers	United Kingdom

N°	Title	Presenter	Country
O-101	Fenestrated And Branched Endografting After Previous Open Infra-Renal Aortic Aneurysm Repair	Enrico Gallitto	Italy
O-102	Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Using Combined The Najuta Fenestrated Stent Graft Plus The Distal Ctag Stent Graft For Aortic Arch Aneurysm	Naoki Toya	Japan
O-103	Strict Control Of Blood Glucose With An Intravenous Insulin Infusion Decreases The Risk Of Postoperative Lower Extremity Weakness After Complex Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair	Jade Hiramoto	United States
O-104	Risk Of Spinal Cord Ischemia After Treatment Of Complex Aortic Aneurysms With Fenestrated Or Branched Devices	Konstantinos Spanos	Greece
O-105	Open Thoracic And Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair After Prior Endovascular Therapy	Paula Keschenau	Germany
O-106	A 10Mm Aortic Arch Sealing Ring Distal To The Second Chimney Seem To Prevent A Gutter Endoleak In Aortic Arch Tevar	Wael Ahmad	Germany
O-107	Tevar For Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: Results From The International Registry Of Acute Aortic Dissection Interventional Cohort (Irad-Ivc)	Theodorus van Bakel	United States
O-108	Selective Versus Routine Preoperative Coronary Ct Angiography For Patients Undergoing Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Open Repair	Maria Katsarou	Italy
O-109	Expanded Use Of Preloaded Branched And Fenestrated Endografts For Endovascular Repair Of Complex Aortic Aneurysms In The Us Ide Experience	Carlos Timaran	United States
O-110	Outcomes Of Aortic Arch Chimney Technique In A Single Center With 226 Cases	Huanyu Ding	China
O-111	Development Of An Endovascular Training Model For Simulation Of Evar Procedures Using 3D Rapid Prototyping For The Production Of Exchangeable Patient Specific Anatomic Models	Anna Hoefer	Germany
O-112	Impact Of Accessory Renal Artery Exclusion During Fenestrated Endovascular Repair For Juxtarenal Aortic Aneurysm	Michel bartoli	France
O-113	Patients Turned Down For Non-Emergency Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Aaa) Surgery: Are We Doing The Right Thing? Factors That Influence Decision Making And The Long-Term Outcome – A Single Centre Experience.	Alina-Maria Budacan	United Kingdom
O-114	The Efficacy Of A Protocol Of Iliac Artery And Limb Treatment During Evar In Minimizing Early And Late Iliac Occlusion	Rodolfo Pini	Italy
O-115	Variables Afflicting Late Open Conversions After EVAR: A 22-Years Single-Center Experience.	Mattia Migliari	Italy
O-116	The Italian Multi-Centre Experience Of Fenestrated Anacondatm Endograft For Juxta/Para-Renal Aortic Aneurysms	Rodolfo Pini	Italy
O-117	Abdominal Compartment Syndrome After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Subgroups, Risk Factors And Outcome	Samuel Ersryd	Sweden
O-118	Novel Predictors Of Peri-Operative Mortality In A Series Of 931 Consecutive Patients With Intact Aortoiliac Aneurysms Managed At A Single Centre	Chrysanthi Papageorgopoulou	Greece
O-119	Long-Term Evar Efficacy In Young Patients	Enrico Gallitto	Bologna
O-120	Combination Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging And 18-Fluoro Deoxy Glucose Positron Emission Tomography In Functional Imaging Of Medium To Large Asymptomatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms	Marek Kuzniar	Sweden

N°	Title	Presenter	Country
O-061	Predictors Of Limb Outcome Following Arterial Ligation Of Infected Femoral Pseudoaneurysms In Drug Addicts	Mohamed Elahwal	Egypt
O-062	Isolated Blunt Vascular Injury Following Motor Scooter Handlebar Impact : A Systematic Review.	Prajna Kota	India
O-063	Criteria For Investigating Patients With Venous Insufficiency For Deep Venous Obstruction	Ahmed Gaweesh	Egypt
O-064	Quality Of Life In Patients With Primary Subclavian Vein Thrombosis, Receiving Early Invasive Treatment Versus Late Decompressive Surgery Or Anticoagulation Alone	Jonas Malmstedt	Sweden
O-065	A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Of Thrombotic Events Following Endovenous Thermal Ablation Of The Great Saphenous Vein	Donagh Healy	Ireland
O-066	The Incidence Of Venous Outflow Obstruction As A Complicating Factor Of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis	Taha Khan	United Kingdom
O-067	Reduced Serious Complication Rates From Embolo-Sclerotherapy Of Lower Extremity High And Low Flow Vascular Malformations From A Specialist Single Centre Over 5 Years	Ishapreet Kaur	Ireland
O-068	Women With Venous Insufficiency In Lower Extremity During Pregnancy Show Damage In Placenta: Evidence Of Hypoxia And Oxidative Cellular Stress.	Miguel Ángel Ortega Núñez	Spain
O-069	An Eight-Year Experience Treating Congenital Diffuse Venous Malformations With Diode Laser.	Alexia Paluso	Spain
O-070	Patency Of Nitinol Venous Stents In Peripartum Women Following Treatment For Acute Ilio-Femoral Deep Vein Thrombosis	Katalin Lestak	United Kingdom
O-071	Association Of Concomitant Disease In The Profunda And Femoro-Popliteal Veins To Cumulative Patency And Re-Intervention Rates Following Ilio-Femoral Venous Stenting Of Limbs With Postthrombotic Occlusion	Adam Gwozdz	United Kingdom
O-072	Clinical Implications Of Different Risk Factor Profiles In Patients With Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis And Systemic Venous Thromboembolism – A Population-Based Study	Saman Salim	Sweden
O-073	Compression Therapy And Endovascular Treatment Of Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome	Jie Yin	China
O-074	Mid-Term Improvement Of Persistent Headaches In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis Underwent Balloon Venoplasty Of Internal Jugular Veins	Pierfrancesco Veroux	Italy
O-075	Role Of The Age-Adjusted D-Dimer Cut-Off Level In The Diagnosis Of Lower Limbs Dvt In Outpatients	Xavier Jimenez-Guiu	Spain
O-076	Detecting Stent Geometry Changes After Venous Recanalisation Using Duplex Ultrasound	Mohammad Barbati	Germany
O-077	Should Superficial Varicosities Be Treated Concomitantly When Performing Mechanochemical Ablation?	Abduraheem mohamed	United Kingdom
O-078	Long-Term Treatment Of Proximal Deep Vein Thrombosis With Micronized Purified Flavonoid Fraction Additionally To Oral Rivaroxaban Improves Clinical And Ultrasound Outcomes	Kirill Lobastov	Russian Federation
O-079	Possibilities Of The Use Of Standard Duplex Ultrasound Scanning In Diagnostics Of The Microcirculatory Disorders In Patients With Varicose Disease	Roman Kalinin	Russian Federation
O-080	Evaluation Of The Clinical Anatomy Of The Most Important Perforator Veins Of The Lower Extremities By Dissection And Duplex Ultrasound Scanning	Roman Kalinin	Russian Federation

N°	Title	Presenter	Country
O-081	A New Foot Saving Procedure: Antibiotic-Loaded Resorbable Bone-Graft Substitute Instead Of Amputation In Osteomyelitis/Osteitis	Stephan Schlunke	Switzerland
O-082	How To Set Up A Multidisciplinary Foot Team (Mdft) For Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers?	Tapan Mehta	United Kingdom
O-083	A Retrospective Review Of The Management Of Vascular And Soft Tissue Complications In People Who Inject Drugs At A Tertiary Vascular Surgical Unit	David Ormesher	United Kingdom
O-084	Present Or Future: Rapid 3D Printing Prototyping Technology For Aortic Aneurysm Surgery Planning And Its Utility In Open And Endovascular Treatment	Gonzalo Bueno	Spain
O-085	Diagnostic Imaging In Vascular Graft Infection; A Meta-Analysis. The Added Value Of Nuclear Imaging Techniques And An Outdated Golden Standard.	Eline Reinders Folmer	Netherlands
O-086	Improved Prognosis And Low Failure Rate In Anticoagulation-First Line Therapy In Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis	Saman Salim	Sweden
O-087	Evaluating Potential Autologous Bypass Grafts Using 3D Tomographic Ultrasound (Tus)	Steven Rogers	United Kingdom
O-088	Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Criteria Identify Intramural Hematoma And Predict High Likelihood Of Aortic Healing After Type B Acute Aortic Syndromes	Adeline Schwein	France
O-089	Evaluation Of Kinetic Imaging In Carotid And Cerebral X-Ray Angiography	Viktor Orias	Hungary
O-090	An Automatized Algorithm To Evaluate The Patent Aortic Lumen In Non Contrast Computed Tomographies	Selena Pelliccia	Italy
O-091	Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging In Predicting Wound Healing After Limb Revascularization.	Nicla Settembre	Finland
O-092	Reduced Recurrent Ischemic Event Rate For Patients Undergoing Invasive Carotid Artery Intervention.	Joakim Nordanstig	Sweden
O-093	15-Year Stroke Prevention After Successful Carotid Endarterectomy For Asymptomatic Stenosis: Extended Post-Trial Follow-Up Of Patients In The First Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (Acst-1)	Alison Halliday	United Kingdom
O-094	Can Carotid Plaque Volume Be Measured By 3D Tomographic Ultrasound?	Steven Rogers	United Kingdom
O-095	The Benefit Of Deferred Carotid Revascularization In Patients With Moderate Disabling Cerebral Ischemic Stroke	Rodolfo Pini	Italy
O-096	Testosterone To Estradiol Ratio Reflects Systemic And Plaque Inflammation And Predicts Future Cardiovascular Events In Men After Carotid Endarterectomy	Ian David van Koeverden	Netherlands
O-097	Long-Term Outcome And Risk Factor Analysis For Late Postoperative Stroke After Cea And Cas For Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis – A Nationwide Cohort Study	Kimberley Joshua	Sweden
O-098	Prognostic Features Of New Lesions On Diffusion Weighted Imaging In The Brain Of Patients After Carotid Revascularization: A Systematic Review	Marjolijn Rots	Netherlands
O-099	Comparison Of Hospital Outcomes Of Transcarotid Artery Revascularization With Flow Reversal (Tcar) Vs. Carotid Endarterectomy (Cea)	Marc Schemerhorn	United States
O-100	Mid-Term Outcomes Of The (Roadster) Multi-Center Trial Of Transcarotid Stenting With Dynamic Flow Reversal	Jose Ignacio Leal Lorenzo	Spain