SVU Publishes June 2006 Issue of the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound

LANHAM, MD, May 26, 2006 - The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) has published the second quarter June 2006 issue of The Journal for Vascular Ultrasound (JVU), its quarterly peer-reviewed journal. This June JVU issue features 4 scientific articles and 2 case reports. Among these is the scientific paper that won an award last year at the 2005 SVU 28th Annual Conference. The Dr. Alex Chao - Young Investigator's Award for excellence in a scientific research paper in vascular technology was presented to Patrick Stone, MD, Vascular Surgery Resident, University of South Florida, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Tampa, Florida. Dr. Stone won this prestigious award for his scientific paper on "Impact of Postoperative Duplex Surveillance After Radiofrequency Ablation of the Greater Saphenous Vein." The 2005 Dr. Alex Chao Award was sponsored by Philips Ultrasound, Bothell, WA.

The Dr. Alex Chao - Young Investigator's Award is a new SVU award started in 2004 and dedicated in memory of Dr. Alex Chao, a vascular surgeon who died on April 22, 2004 at the age of 37 of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) acquired from a patient he had treated in Singapore. Dr. Chao had strong links with Australia and at the time of his death, he was actively promoting linkage between the Australian Society for Vascular Ultrasound in Medicine and the Society for Vascular Ultrasound with the Medical Ultrasound Society of Singapore.

Other scientific articles in the 2006 June issue of the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound include:

• Management of Varicose Veins by High Ligation, Sclerotherapy and Duplex Scanning, John B Chang and Theodore A. Stein

• Lower Extremity Venous Cross-Sectional Area Changes Associated with Pregnancy, Lucia Pemble

• A Comparative Study of Ultrasound and Computed Tomography Scan for the Follow-up of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms After Endovascular Repair, Ruta Nerlekar, Ranjana Warrier, Rex de Ryke, Robert Miller, Peter M. Hewitt, Alan Scott

The two case reports in this issue of JVU are:

• Upper Extremity Deep Vein Occlusion Attributable to Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma, Rebecca M. Caswell, Marie D. Gerhard- Haerman, Christoph Blinkert, Jean M. Alessi-Chinetti, Health L. Gornik

• Duplex Scanning for Detection and Follow-Up of Iliac Artery Aneurysms and Pseudoaneurysm Amenable to Endovascular Therapy, Holly Beals, David J. Del Pizzo, William C. Pevec, David L. Dawson

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