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PREFACE
Preface

A busy time for meetings, as our staff participated in the China Heart Con-

gress (CHC) 2021 with the 6th China Vascular Congress, The Taiwan Socie-
ty for Vascular Surgery Congress, the Australian and New Zealand Society

for Vascular Surgery Annual Scientific Conference, The US Western Vascu-
lar Society Congress, and the The 22nd Congress of the Asian Society for
Vascular Surgery.

We also held a very successful Vascular and Endovascular Course for Op-

erating Theatre Nurses, the first ever event in the territory. This was very
well attended and had hands-on sessions for many equipments and con-
sumables.

This issue of Virtual Vascular covered some unusual work such as EVAR in

patients with kidney transplants, arch aneurysms, radiation induce ca-
rotid occlusions, and pediatric problems. We also had our usual share of
emergencies from acute embolism, and iatrogenic problems.

With ever increasing demand for endovascular work, a brand new Angio-

suite was commissioned in Block C, G/F in QMH. This would be shared
across several specialties (but limited by support staff such as nurses,
radiographers, and anesthetists), and would ease the workload on emer-

gency neurovascular intervention, and lower-end endovascular work in
our division.

Stephen Cheng
Head, Department of Surgery

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