Abstracts from the 22nd Annual Congress

November 6 - 9, 2008 — Marco Island, FL

Abstracts are sorted alphabetically by title.

A NEW STANDARDIZED DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM TO DOCUMENT TREATMENT SUCCESS AFTER SCLEROTHERAPY OF C1-VARICOSE VEINS APPLIED IN A DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (EASI-STUDY)

Author(s): Dorothee Schliephake, Eberhard Rabe, Joachim Otto, Felicitas Pannier Fischer

A SINGLE CENTER PILOT STUDY OF POLIDOCANOL ENDOVENOUS MICROFOAM (PEM) TREATMENT TO EVALUATE PRESENCE AND DURABILITY OF GAS EMBOLI USING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Author(s): David D I Wright, Charles N McCollum, Stephen Tristram, Janet E Rush

A SINGLE OPERATOR REPORT OF ONE TO FIVE YEAR FOLLOW-UP SUBSEQUENT TO ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION

Author(s): J. Gordon Wright, Stephen P. Rivard, Barbara S. Zuniga, Jeanine L. Costello

CHRONIC SUPERFICIAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY—ITS PREVALENCE AND EFFECTS OF ENDOVENOUS ABLATION TREATMENT ON DIABETIC FOOT NEUROPATHY

Author(s): DOOHI LEE

Comparison of Foam Stability by Foam Composition

Author(s): Douglas Hill

COMPRESSION THERAPY VS. SCLEROTHERAPY FOR ISOLATED REFLUXING RETICULAR VEINS AND TELANGIECTASIA: RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES.

Author(s): Marlin Schul, Thomas Eaton, Boyd Erdman

DIFFERENTIATED USE OF MEDICAL COMPRESSION STOCKINGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MINOR AND SEVERE VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY IMPROVES THE OUTCOME

Author(s): Werner Blättler, Eugenio Brizzio, Dieter Lüscher, Felix Amsler

EFFECT OF SAPHENOUS VEIN DIAMETER ON CLOSURE RATE WITH CLOSUREFAST RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER

Author(s): David Calcagno, John Rossi, Chi Ha

EMBOLI DETECTION IN THE MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY CONCURRENT WITH TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY SUPERFICIAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY WITH FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY

Author(s): Diana Neuhardt, Nick Morrison, Charles Rogers, Sergio Salles-Cunha

ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION FOR VENOUS ULCERATIONS: A SIX YEAR SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE WITH 72 CASES.

Author(s): J. Gordon Wright, Stephen P. Rivard, Barbara S. Zuniga