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Hot Emerging Technologies

On September 19th, 2023, Dr. Steven Elias will be
moderating a series of sessions at the AVLS//UIP meeting
that are looking at emerging technologies. The AVLS/UIP
meeting will be in Miami this year.

Dr. Elias discussed how and se with good results, the re-
why he created with session. sults with reticular veins and
Specifically, looking at new te- telangtasia have not been as
chnologies to help our patients satisfying. The results are
and the venous specialist. variable and not as durable.
He really wanted to explore Very little emerging technolo-
what is on the horizon. Even gies are focused in this field.
if there are no long term data
with the new technology with This type of meeting allows
hundreds of patients, he wan- us to find out about new ideas
ted to explored new incipient that some smaller compa-
ideas. Another point of dis- nies with exciting new ideas.
cussion is some of the areas Even if the data is not deve-
that are being explored the Dr. Steven Elias loped yet, we will be hearing
most, and what are some of about new possibilities that
the areas that are being explored the least. are being explored. This allows us to find
With thrombus removal, there is enormous out what’s next.
amount of technology that’s been recently This session will be covering technolo-
developed using thrombolytic agents, me- gies for treating the IVC down to the sma-
chanical removal or a combination thereof llest veins from around the world. There
and there are newer technologies coming
out. Another hot topic is chronic disease will also be the opportunity to handle these
new technologies with the companies and
removal. There are new tools techniques the inventors. This is not just a series of
and technologies that are being explored. academic lectures with powerpoint pre-
This includes both suprainguianal and in- sentations but you can interact hands-on
frainguinal disease. Another hot topic is
pulmonary embo- with the techno-
logies after each
lism with new in- session. This
novations that are emerging tech-
being developed. nology session
One area that is
not being explored at the AVLS/ UIP
meeting in Sept-
well is the smaller ember promises
veins. While there to be a great ses-
have been advan- sion to showcase
ces in treatment of
larger vein disea- new ideas!

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