Venous disorders occur practically everywhere in the world. They form a highly heterogeneous group and even seemingly banal cases can lead to a significant deterioration in the quality of life. They can be both congenital and acquired. They can be located anywhere in the body and in most cases require complex treatment. In addition to conservative therapy, their treatment often requires percutaneous or endovascular intervention, open surgical reconstruction, or a combination of these. Examples of pure venous disorders or disorders with a venous component are arteriovenous malformations, varicosities, and acute or chronic occlusions (due to compression, thrombosis, fibrosis, etc.).

Some venous disorders are rare (e.g., Nutcracker syndrome), others are common but require radiological intervention only in certain cases (e.g., acute deep vein thrombosis in the lower limb), and there are those that require radiological intervention in almost all cases (e.g., bleeding arteriovenous malformation). Overall, the number of venous interventions is increasing. Whereas in the past there were no devices specifically designed to treat venous disorders (e.g., stents), nowadays more and more such devices are available. However, our knowledge about the optimal type of radiological intervention for different venous abnormalities, the potential early and late complications of the interventions, and the short- and long-term outcomes of the interventions can be expanded.

The management of venous diseases usually requires a multidisciplinary approach, in which the optimal non-invasive and invasive care of patients is carried out by angiologists, cardiologists, interventional radiologists, and/or vascular surgeons.
Submissions are invited from colleagues working in the fields of angiology, cardiology, interventional radiology, and/or vascular surgery, with a special focus on the care of patients with venous diseases.

For this Research Topic, we welcome original articles, technical notes, case reports, reviews, etc. Specific topics we would like contributors to address:

1. Advances in the treatment of patients with venous diseases,
2. The advantages of using devices specially designed for the treatment of venous diseases,
3. Early and late complications of venous interventions and their therapy,
4. Short- and long-term outcomes of the venous interventions,
5. Venous interventions in childhood,
6. Treatment of low-flow vascular malformations, and
7. Treatment of high-flow vascular malformations.

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