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editorial

Dear Readers,

We are delighted to present to you the 1 issue of the newly created international magazine
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vascular professional!

With this independent magazine in English language we would like to promote and enrich scien-
tifi c discussion and the exchange of experience in research and practice. The vision is to further

editorial establish the innovative, specifi cally, gentle methods in medicine and make them accessible to
wide circles.

With this 1 issue, we start with a comparison by Dr. Juergen Boehme from the Veincenter Luene-
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burg in Germany of 5-year-results of endovenous laser ablation of varicose veins with the 2-ring

1470nm radialtip to the radiofrequency ClosureFAST-catheter. Further Prof. h.c. Dr. Alexander Flor
from the Private Clinic Döbling, Vienna, Austria, and Dr. Andreas F. Balogh from the Hospital Flo-
ridsdorf, Vienna, Austria, give a summary of the 35 International Várady Workshop for Phlebolo-
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gy, Lymphology and Angiology / 1 Veins International Congress Vienna which took place virtually
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on November 21 2020. From the Czech Republic, Robert Vlachovský, M.D., Ph.D., VASCUMED the
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Vein Clinic, Brno, Prague, examined a non-randomized prospective study with 94 patients, the
clinical effi cacy and safety of two radial types of fi bres (single ring and 2ring) in endovenous laser
ablation of saphenous varicose veins of the lower limb.

As guest contribution, we are glad to have with us Matthias Heilmann from the German medical

accounting management company MICADO HEALTH CARE GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, who gives
us insight into how management companies are able to support integrating care structures for
outpatient surgery in the German healthcare system.

We hope you enjoy our articles and experience them as an interesting start into a worldwide ex-
change and discussion about all perspectives of vascular surgery and treatment. We appreciate
receiving ideas, critiques and requests to improve the vascular professional magazine and looking
forward to get in touch with you soon.

All the best and stay healthy

Karolin Hoppe – Editor in Chief

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