19th European Chapter Meeting of the International Union of Angiolgoy

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√	Aortic aneurysms: screening strategies, medical treatment, EVAR and surgical treatment options
√	Peripheral arterial disease: asymptomatic, claudication, critical limb ischemia, medical treatment, rehabilitation and physical therapy, endovascular and open surgical treatment, angiogenic therapies
√	Cerebrovascular disease: stroke and TIA, asymptomatic carotid plaque, best medical treatment, carotid stenting and carotid surgery
√	Atherosclerosis: lipid lowering drugs, antiplatelet drugs, hypertension, the polyvascular patient
√	Vascular disease in the diabetic patient
√	Vascular disease in the endstage renal patient
√	Progress in vascular imaging: UltraSound, MRI, PET-scan, imaging of the microcirculation and tissue perfusion
√	Venous thromboembolic disease: epidemiology, prophylaxis, diagnosis, thrombophilia, anticoagulant therapy, thrombolytic therapy, venous stenting, vena cava filters
√	Post-thrombotic syndrome: prevention, diagnosis and treatment
√	Chronic venous disorders: epidemiology, evaluation and classification; medical, rehabilitation and interventional treatments
√	Varicose veins: surgical, thermic and chemical ablation techniques
√	Lymphedema: genetics, prevention, conservative and interventional
√	Vascular malformations: genetics, imaging and treatment
√	Vascular entrapment syndromes
√	Vascular trauma
√	Arteritis, vasculitis, connective-vascular diseases, Raynaud phenomenon
√	Vascular orphan diseases
√	Anticoagulants: heparins, VKA, new anti-II and anti-X drugs
√	Anti-platelet agents
√	Thrombolytic treatment in arterial and venous diseases
√	Symptomatic drug treatments of venous and arterial diseases
√	Compression therapy in chronic venous and lymphatic disease
√	Rehabilitation of the vascular patient
√	Therapeutic education of the vascular patient
√	The socio-economic burden of vascular diseases
√	Vascular centers
√	Telematics and robotics in vascular medicine and surgery
√	Teaching and educational programs in angiology