ACTA PHLEBOLOGICA

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Affiliated societies: Association of Vascular Surgeons, Phlebologists and Angiologists of Ukraine; Bangladesh Vascular Society; Canadian Society of Phlebology; Chilean Phlebology and Lymphology Foundation; Ecuadorean Society of Phlebolymphology and Microcirculation; Egyptian Venous Forum; Georgian Society of Phlebology; Hungarian Venous Forum; Mexican Academy of Phlebology and Lymphology; Panamerican Society of Phlebology and Lymphology; Raymond Tournay College of Medical Surgeons; Romanian Society of Phlebology; Venous Association of India
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pISSN 1593-232X

eISSN 1827-1766

COMITATO DI REDAZIONE

Founder Editor and Chief Editor Emeritus

Claudio Allegra
International Union of Phlebology, Rome, Italy

Chief Editor

Pier Luigi Antignani
Vascular Centre, Nuova Villa Claudia, Rome, Italy

Associate Editors

Imre Bihari
Semmelweis University College, Budapest, Hungary

Larisa Chernukha
Shalimov’s National Institute of Surgery and Transplantation, Kiev, Ukraine

Ayman M. Fakhry
Military Academy, Alexandria, Egypt

Shantonu K. Ghosh
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Eugenio Jiménez Gorena
AVE Medical Center, Monterrey, México

Ernesto Intriago
Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Zaza Lazarashvili
Chapidze Emergency Cardiovascular Center, Tbilisi, Georgia

Sorin Olariu
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania

Alvaro Orrego
San Sebastian University, Santiago del Chile, Chile

Shoaib Padaria
Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India

Pauline Raymond-Martimbeau
Dallas Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory, Dallas, Texas, USA

Javier A. Serralde Gallegos
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico

Editorial Board

Giovanni B. Agus
University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Leonardo Aluigi
Private Villalba Hospital (GVM), Bologna, Italy

Albert C. Benamou
Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Unoversity Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Janna Bentley
Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Daniele Bisacco
Vascular Surgery Unit, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

Oscar Bottini
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Victor Canata
National University of Asuncion, Asuncion, Paraguay

Joseph A. Caprini
Northshore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA

Patrick Carpentier
Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France

André Cornu-Thenard
Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris, France

Mohamed Omar Elfarok
GOTHI General Organization of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Cairo, Egypt

Jawied Fareed
Hemostasis & Thrombosis Research, Laboratories at Loyola, University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA

Giacomo Failla
University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Bahare Fazeli
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

John P. Fletcher
Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia

Emad A. Hussein
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Arkadiusz Jawien
Collegium Medicum University of Nicolai Copernicus, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Christopher R. Lattimer
Ealing Hospital and Imperial College London, London, UK

Byung-Boong Lee
George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

Mark Malouf
Westmead Private Hospital, Weatmead, New South Whales, Australia

Ferdinando Mannello
University “Carlo Bo”, Urbino, Italy

Armando Manshila
University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Christine Moffat
Glasgow Medical School, Glasgow, UK

Javier L. Monedero
Ruber Internacional Hospital, Madrid, Spain

Kenneth Myers
Victoria Vein Clinic, Melbourne, Victoria

Kurosh Parsi
Sydney Skin and Vein Clinic, Sydney, Australia

Hugo Partsch
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Fausto Passariello
Fondazione Vasculab, Naples, Italy

Zsolt Pecsvarady
Vascular Center, Flor Ferenc Teaching Hospital, Kistarcsa, Hungary

Jose M. Pereira de Godoy
National Council for Research and Development (CNPq), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

Jan Pitha
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Pavel Poredos
Ljubljana University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Daniela Radu
County Emergency Hospital “Pius Brinzeu”, Timisoara, Romania

Sandeep Ray Pandey
Annapurna Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Karel Roztocil
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Armando Schapira
Clínica de flebolinfología, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Angelo Scuderi
Santa Lucinda Hospital, Sorocaba, Brazil

Mario Sica
Ecole Internationale de Sclérothérapie (EIS), Vincennes, France

Carlos Simkin
University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Roberto Simkin
University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jaroslav Strejcek
Center for Dermatologic Angiology, Praha, Czech Republic

Viera Stvrtinova
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Wassila Taha
AlSalam Hospital Mohandessin, Cairo, Egypt

Fulvio Tomaselli
San Babila Private Clinic, Milan, Italy

Nicola Troisi
San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Florence, Italy

Jean-François Uhl
Phlebology Center, Neuilly, France

Jorge H. Ulloa
Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Fernando Vega Rasgado
Mexican Institute of Phlebology (IMF), Mexico City, Mexico

Frederic Vin
Department of Angiology and Vascular Laboratory, American Hospital of Paris, Paris, France

Mandy Wong
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Managing Editor

Alberto Oliaro
University of Turin, Turin, Italy