Every year since 2003, the CVIR Editorial Board has chosen publications from the previous volume for nomination of the Editors’ Medal. The winners are selected by a poll among all members of the Editorial Board and include original and experimental submissions only.

We are happy to announce a continued increase in qualifying articles, reader interest, author submissions, and numerous nominations by the Editorial Board members.

This year it is our pleasure to give the Editors’ Medal 2016 to the author group listed below. This award comes with a considerable donation from our publisher, Springer Science + Business Media and a medal and certificate from CIRSE. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you for making CVIR your preferred journal for your submissions.

Sustained benefit at 2 years for covered stents versus bare-metal stents in long SFA lesions: the VIASTAR trial. Lammer J, Zeller T, Hausegger KA, Schaefer PJ, Gschwendtner M, Mueller-Huelsbeck S, Rand T, Funovics M, Wolf F, Rastan A, Gschwandtner M, Puchner S, Beschorner U, Ristl R, Schoder M. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2015 Feb; 38(1):25–32. doi:10.1007/s00270-014-1024-9. Epub 2014 Dec 5.

D. Vorwerk

Editor-in-Chief, CVIR