Préface
By the members of the Medical Reporters’ Academy
This report from the 15th World Congress of the Union Internationale de Phlébologie (UIP) which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from October 2 to 7, 2005 has been prepared by our Medical Reporters’ Academy (MRA) group. We are all medical doctors with hospital practices, and we come from different countries around the world (Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Russia). This MRA group, whose members rotate by thirds every year, was created and sponsored by Servier 9 years ago. Since then, the group has been attending major international congresses in Phlebology and Angiology. This gives us the opportunity to share our experiences in the field and pass on to specialists all over the world selected information on recent developments and new techniques. The international participation at the last UIP congress with world experts in the fields of vascular medicine and biology, dermatology, phlebology, and angiology as well as interventional vascular, and endovascular surgery, was a major opportunity for many countries to be represented and to compare experiences. Daily lectures alternated with plenary sessions covering the many facets of venous and lymphatic diseases. In order to promote the work of a wide range of speakers and young scientists, the scientific committee of the congress selected abstracts on each topic for free communications or poster sessions. In addition, several prizes were granted for oral presentations (eg, the UIP/Servier Prize and the UIP/Bauerfeind Prize). Unfortunately, it was only possible for the participants to attend a small number of the presentations. Therefore, we have collected and selected the best information on the many presentations and have organized it in different chapters: epidemiology and socioeconomics, prevention of venous diseases and risk factors, fundamentals, investigations and hemodynamics, and invasive and noninvasive therapy. We hope this report will be useful, not only for those who were present at the Congress, but also for those who were unable to attend.
We wish you enjoyable reading.
The members of the Medical Reporters’ Academy
MEDICAL REPORTERS’ ACADEMY (MRA)
The reports from the International Congress of Angiology were prepared by the following members of the MRA team:
Grzgorz BIOLIK
Department of General &
Vascular Surgery
Medical Academy of Silesia
SPSK Nr 7 GCM
Ziolowa Street 47
40-635 Katowice, Poland
Yves BLOMME
Volkskliniek
Tichelrei 1
9000 Ghent, Belgium
Vadim BOGACHEV
1 Gradskaya Hospital
8-6, Leninsky Prospect
117049 Moscow, Russia
Andrzej GABRUSIEWICZ
Oddzial Chirugii Ogolnej
i Naczyniowej
ul. Ceglowska 80
01-809 Warszawa, Poland
Elena IBORRA
Institu Catalá de la Salut
Ciutat Sanitaria i Universitaria
de Bellvitge
Feixa Llarga s/n
08907 L’Hospitalet de
Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Armando MANSILHA
Vascular Surgery Department
S. João University Hospital
Alameda Prof. Hernani
Monteiro
4202-451 Porto, Portugal
Enrique MANUEL-RIMBAU
MUNOZ
Plaza Weyler n° 9 2 Piso
07001 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Daniele RIGHI
Viale Mamiani N. 24
50137 Firenze, Italy
Patricia SENET
Hôpital Charles Foix
Pavillon de l’Orbe
7, avenue de la République
94205 Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Chairperson:
Prof Andis NICOLAIDES
P.O. Box 23462
1683 Nicosia, Cyprus
