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Pseudoaneurysm of an intercostal artery: endovascular treatment with PK papyrus coronary stent to prevent spinal ischemia

Endovascular treatment can be a fast and safe option in the case of acute, internal bleeding – but it requires special knowledge and technical skills. Interventionalists must consider the anatomy and potential...

Authors: Julius Niehoff, Alexander Christian Bunck, David Maintz and Jan Robert Kroeger

Prostatic artery embolization performed in anteroposterior projections versus steep oblique projections: single centre retrospective comparative analysis

To present and evaluate an approach for reduction of utilization of steep oblique angiographic projections during prostatic artery embolization (PAE).

Authors: Hippocrates Moschouris, Andreas Dimakis, Marina G. Papadaki, Athanasios Liarakos, Konstantinos Stamatiou, Ioulita Isaakidou, Ilianna Tsetsou, Vasiliki Mylonakou and Katerina Malagari

Creation of an ex-vivo bovine kidney flow model for testing embolic agents: work in progress

To develop an ex- vivo perfusion flow model using a bovine kidney for future testing of embolic agents in an inexpensive and easy way.

Authors: Luis Garza, Ryan Bitar, Barrett O’Donnell, Matthew Parker, Carlos Ortiz, Charles Hyman, John Walker, Ho-Young Song and Jorge Lopera

Chronic abdominal aortic dissection, endovascular treatment using a new Stent-graft for in situ Fenestration

Although endovascular treatment of the thoracic aorta (TEVAR) has become an elective procedure for treatment of complicated type B aortic dissection, its role in treating post dissection thoraco-abdominal aort...

Authors: Hernan G. Bertoni, German A. Girela, Hector D. Barone, Federico De Caso, Alejandro De La Vega, Bao T. Bui and Thomas Maldonado

Targeted tibio-peroneal re-entry during subintimal revascularization using the Outback® catheter

Re-entry devices are used regularly in subintimal recanalization of chronic occlusions of the iliac and femoro-popliteal arteries and significantly contribute to the high success rate of these interventions. H...

Authors: K. Rippel, H. Ruhnke, B. Jehs, J. Decker, T. Kroencke and C. Scheurig-Muenkler

Rendezvous endovascular common carotid artery stenting (RECCAS) technique for symptomatic steno-occlusive disease

This report describes a patient who presented with acute but transient right arm weakness and altered sensation secondary to severe stenosis of the left common carotid artery (CCA) origin. Endovascular stentin...

Authors: M. T. Wang, M. Schembri, H. K. Kok, J. Maingard, M. Foo, A. Lamanna, M. Brooks and H. Asadi

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) embolization: prediction of angiographically-confirmed recanalization according to PAVM Diameter changes on CT

To assess pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) recanalization after embolization based on PAVM diameter changes on computed tomography (CT), with pulmonary angiography used as a gold standard.

Authors: Jihoon Hong, Sang Yub Lee, Jung Guen Cha, Jae-Kwang Lim, Jongmin Park, Jaehee Lee, Seung-Ick Cha, Chang-Ho Kim and Hyewon Seo

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Authors: Jim A. Reekers

Congenital portosystemic shunt occlusion with an Amplatzer PFO occlusion device: a case report

Congenital portosystemic shunts are embryological malformations in which portal venous flow is diverted to the systemic circulation. High morbidity and mortality are seen in patients with concurrent hepatic en...

Authors: Michelle M. Shnayder, Mario Dervishi, Alexandria Jo and Benjamin Pomerantz

Long-term clinical effectiveness of a drug-coated balloon for in-stent restenosis in Femoropopliteal lesions

The short-term efficacy of paclitaxel-coated balloons (PCBs) has been established in femoropopliteal in-stent restenosis (ISR) lesions. The aim of this study was to compare 5-year clinical outcomes of patients...

Authors: Kazunori Horie, Akiko Tanaka, Kenji Suzuki, Masataka Taguri and Naoto Inoue

Endovascular repair of de novo post-stenotic aortic coarctation aneurysms with complex collateral supply: two cases with long and medium term follow-up

To report the technical details and outcomes of the endovascular repair of two cases of de novo post-stenotic aortic coarctation aneurysms complicated by complex collateral supply.

Authors: Omar Abdel-Hadi, John Thomson and Simon J. McPherson

A technique for intra-procedural blood velocity quantitation using time-resolved 2D digital subtraction angiography

2D digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is utilized qualitatively to assess blood velocity changes that occur during arterial interventions. Quantitative angiographic metrics, such as blood velocity, could be...

Authors: Carson Hoffman, Sarvesh Periyasamy, Colin Longhurst, Rafael Medero, Alejandro Roldan-Alzate, Michael A. Speidel and Paul F. Laeseke

Renovascular hypertension in children

Paediatric hypertension, defined as systolic blood pressure > 95th percentile for age, sex and height is often incidentally diagnosed. Renovascular hypertension (RVH) is responsible for 5–25% of hypertension i...

Authors: Premal Amrishkumar Patel and Anne Marie Cahill

Transpedal approach for femoral-popliteal chronic total occlusions using the outback® elite re-entry device

Transpedal access is increasingly utilized for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD). Femoral-popliteal artery chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are some of the most difficult lesion subsets that some...

Authors: Mike Gorenchtein, Naveed Rajper, Philip Green, Pankaj Khullar, Daniel Amoruso, Christian Franz Bulacan, Tak Kwan, Joseph Puma and Justin Ratcliffe

Paediatric IR: the evidence for best practice is growing

Authors: Alex M. Barnacle and Anne Marie Cahill

The rocky road to recognizing interventional radiology as a full clinical speciality

Authors: Mohamad Hamady and Ian McCafferty

Intra-arterial anaesthetics for pain control in arterial embolisation procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A systematic review to determine the effectiveness of intra-arterial anaesthetics on post- operative pain and opioid analgesia requirements in arterial embolisation procedures.

Authors: Taha Hanif Shiwani and Hunain Shiwani

Proctalgia secondary to rectal arteriovenous malformation and inferior mesenteric vein stenosis in a patient post liver transplant

Chronic proctalgia can have a major impact upon quality of life. There are many potential aetiologies however, in some patients no cause can be identified.

Authors: GM Healy, F Gondal, N Rutledge, DD Houlihan and JW McCann

Recurrent massive hemoptysis in a patient with cystic fibrosis: balloon assisted Onyx embolization after bronchial artery coil recanalization

Although not standard of care, Cystic Fibrosis patients with recurrent hemoptysis occasionally have coil embolization of bronchial arteries. In the event of recanalization of these arteries in this specific su...

Authors: Raghav R. Mattay, Richard Shlansky-Goldberg and Bryan A. Pukenas

A call to action; an open letter to WHO from the international interventional radiology community

Authors: Yi Yang, Andrew Moore, Fabian Laage Gaupp, Rakesh Ahuja, Charles Sanyika and Gregory C Makris

Endovascular approaches in pediatric interventional oncology

The demand for interventional oncological (IO) treatment of pediatric cancers is becoming increasingly common, at least at several tertiary care institutions. The data and techniques used in pediatric IO are l...

Authors: Raja Shaikh and Fernando Gomez Munoz

Endovascular treatment of arteriovenous graft dysfunction as a result of graft delamination and fracture

Graft thrombosis due to fabric delamination is a rare cause of delayed failure of arteriovenous grafts. Graft delamination is primarily an imaging diagnosis and is confirmed with the help of ultrasound which s...

Authors: Aditi Chaurasia, Tushar Garg, Rakesh Ahuja and Michael Ferra

Long-term results of super-selective trans-catheter embolization of the vesical arteries for the treatment of intractable bladder haematuria

To evaluate the feasibility, safety and long-term efficacy of super-selective trans-catheter arterial embolization for the management of intractable bladder bleeding.

Authors: Maria Tsitskari, Stavros Spiliopoulos, Chrysostomos Konstantos, Konstantinos Palialexis, Lazaros Reppas and Elias Brountzos

Temperature-induced configuration changes in hydrogel-coated coils and their relevance in embolization procedures

The present study attempted to demonstrate how the configuration of hydrogel-coated coils is influenced by different temperature exposures.

Authors: Ruben Lopez Benitez, Tomas Reyes del Castillo, Levent Kara, Joachim Kettenbach and Justus Roos

Multicenter retrospective study of transcatheter arterial embolisation for life-threatening haemorrhage in patients with uncorrected bleeding diathesis

We retrospectively investigated outcomes of emergency TAE for the management of life-threatening haemorrhage in patients with uncorrected bleeding diathesis.

Authors: Stavros Spiliopoulos, Konstantinos Katsanos, Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, Martin Mariappan, Georgios Festas, Panagiotis Kitrou, Christos Papageorgiou, Lazaros Reppas, Konstantinos Palialexis, Dimitrios Karnabatidis and Elias Brountzos

Transarterial coil embolization of an aortic root pseudoaneurym in a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome: a case report

Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a rare autosomal-dominant connective tissue disorder characterized by arterial aneurysms and vascular friability. Surgical intervention for LDS patients carries significant morbid...

Authors: Robert D’Ortenzio, Leandro Cardarelli-Leite, Ravjot Dhatt, Jacqueline Saw and Manraj Heran

Arterio-biliary fistula caused by a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm in a recently performed liver transplant: successful resolution and long-term liver implant preservation using a covered coronary stent

The formation of a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm in a liver implant is a rare but potentially fatal complication. Fistulization of such pseudoaneurysms into the bile duct is sporadic. The most common causes of...

Authors: Alfredo Páez-Carpio, Elena Serrano, Federico Zarco, Constantino Fondevila and Marta Burrel

SPLEnic salvage and complications after splenic artery EmbolizatioN for blunt abdomINal trauma: the SPLEEN-IN study

As an adjunct to non-operative management, splenic artery embolization (SAE) has been increasingly utilized throughout the world and is now the standard of care for hemodynamically stable patients. This study ...

Authors: Warren Clements, Tim Joseph, Jim Koukounaras, Gerard S. Goh, Heather K. Moriarty, Joseph Mathew and Tuan D. Phan

Embolization of the false lumen using IMPEDE-FX embolization plugs as part of treatment of an infrarenal post-dissection aneurysm: a case report

This case report demonstrates the value of IMPEDE-FX plugs in an embolization procedure of a false lumen of an infrarenal post-dissection aneurysm.

Authors: Anne-Jet S. Jansen, Paul M. van Schaik, Jasper M. Martens and Michel M. P. J. Reijnen

Usefulness of coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration II (CARTO-II) for the treatment of ascending colonic varix: a case report

Colonic varices are rare among ectopic varices. A previous report demonstrated that once bleeding from colonic varices occurs, it can be fatal. Several treatments for colonic varices exist, including surgical,...

Authors: Hiroyuki Maeda, Ken Kageyama, Akira Yamamoto, Atsushi Jogo, Etsuji Sohgawa, Kazuki Matsushita, Kazuo Asano, Hiroki Yonezawa, Takehito Nota, Kazuki Murai, Satoyuki Ogawa and Yukio Miki

Mechanical thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism in patients with patent foramen Ovale

The current level of evidence for mechanical thrombectomy (MT) of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) is limited.

Authors: Nariman Nezami, Arun Chockalingam, Joshua Cornman-Homonoff, Angelo Marino, Jeffrey Pollak and Hamid Mojibian

Endovascular management of traumatic pseudoaneurysms

Pseudoaneurysms (PAs) caused by traumatic injury to the arterial vasculature have a high risk of rupture, leading to life-threatening hemorrhage and mortality, requiring urgent treatment. The purpose of this s...

Authors: Lauren Shreve, Maha Jarmakani, Hanna Javan, Ivan Babin, Kari Nelson, James Katrivesis, Michael Lekawa, Eric Kuncir, Dayantha Fernando and Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh

Correction to: The CLEAR (Considering Leading Experts’ Antithrombotic Regimes around peripheral angioplasty) survey: an international perspective on antiplatelet and anticoagulant practice for peripheral arterial endovascular intervention

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Authors: Kitty H. F. Wong, Dave C. Bosanquet, Graeme K. Ambler, Mahim I. Qureshi, Robert J. Hinchliffe and Christopher P. Twine

An update on vessel preparation in lower limb arterial intervention

Plain balloon angioplasty has traditionally been used to treat lower limb arterial disease but can be limited by significant residual stenosis, vessel recoil, dissection, and by late restenosis. Appropriate ve...

Authors: William Ormiston, Shelagh Dyer-Hartnett, Rukshan Fernando and Andrew Holden

CIRSE standards of practice on gynaecological and obstetric haemorrhage

This CIRSE Standards of Practice document provides best practices for obstetric haemorrhage embolisation (OHE) in the management of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). The document is aimed at interventional radiolo...

Authors: Thomas Rand, Rafiuddin Patel, Wolfgang Magerle and Raman Uberoi

Vascular anomalies: special considerations in children

The diagnosis and treatment of vascular anomalies are a large part of the caseload for paediatric interventional radiologists. Although many of the principles of sclerotherapy and embolisation are the same in ...

Authors: Craig R. Gibson and Alex M. Barnacle

Efficacy of prophylactic selective arterial embolization for renal angiomyolipomas: identifying predictors of 50% volume reduction

Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) has been widely performed for renal angiomyolipomas (AMLs) as prophylaxis or emergency treatment. On the other hand, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors ha...

Authors: Hidenari Hongyo, Hiroki Higashihara, Keigo Osuga, Eiji Kashiwagi, Shinya Kosai, Keisuke Nagai, Kaishu Tanaka, Yusuke Ono, Takeshi Ujike, Motohide Uemura, Ryoichi Imamura, Norio Nonomura and Noriyuki Tomiyama

COILUMICA: coil embolization of a coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistula via novel dual lumen micro catheter technique

Management of coronary artery fistula (CAF) is based on obliterating the fistula communication between the cardiac arteries and other thoracic vessels.

Authors: Mithun Nambiar, Julian Maingard, Kenny Li, Lee-Anne Slater, Ronil V. Chandra, Winston Chong, Duncan Mark Brooks, David McGaw and Hamed Asadi

Pseudoaneurysm associated haemosuccus pancreaticus - a rare and dangerous disease

In patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and hemorrhage originating from the major duodenal papilla pseudoaneurysm associated haemosuccus pancreaticus (HP) is a rare differential diagnosis which should...

Authors: Julia Wagenpfeil, Daniel Kütting, Christian P. Strassburg and Carsten Meyer

Managing systemic venous occlusions in children

Pediatric venous disease is increasing in incidence in both inpatient and outpatient populations. The widespread use of central venous access devices as well as the rising incidence of thromboembolic events in...

Authors: Anne E. Gill and Giridhar M. Shivaram

Bell-bottom technique in iliac branch era: mid-term single stent graft performance

Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is considered the primary option for abdominal aortic aneurysm but the management of concomitant wide or aneurysmal iliac arteries (CIAs) is still controver...

Authors: Gabriele Pagliariccio, Emanuele Gatta, Sara Schiavon, Carlo Grilli Cicilioni, Simona Lattanzi, Elisa Dimitri and Luciano Carbonari

Percutaneous retrograde revascularization of chronic occlusions of the superior mesenteric artery via collaterals of the celiac artery

To evaluate the technical success of percutaneous retrograde revascularization of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) via the celiac artery (CA) in patients with chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI).

Authors: Wilhelm H. Kersjes and Alexander Hesse

Endovascular treatment for mycotic aneurysm using pyoktanin- applied devices

Mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysm is an extremely rare but serious disease because it can easily rupture and has a high mortality rate. The standard therapy for it comprises graft replacement and debridement us...

Authors: Kei Kazuno, Hajime Kinoshita, Mariko Hori, Takamichi Yosizaki, Atsusi Tamura, Hiroshige Sato and Seiichiro Murata

Inadvertent arterial & venous injury by bone marrow biopsy needle: case report on rescue embolization techniques

Bone marrow biopsy is a common medical procedure for diagnosis and characterization of haematological diseases. It is generally regarded as a safe procedure with low rate of major complications. Inadvertent va...

Authors: Chris Siu-Chun Tsai and Simon Chun-Ho Yu

Superior mesenteric artery outcomes after large fenestration strut relocation with the Zenith Fenestrated endoprosthesis

The Zenith® Fenestrated (ZFen) stent-graft is frequently configured with a strut-spanning large fenestration for superior mesenteric artery (SMA) incorporation. This has led some to relocate struts to create a...

Authors: Aleem K. Mirza, Timothy M. Sullivan, Nedaa Skeik and Jesse Manunga

The roles of iodized oil-based lymphangiography and post-lymphangiographic computed tomography for specific lymphatic intervention planning in patients with postoperative lymphatic fistula: a literature review and case series

In the management of patients with postoperative lymphatic fistula (LF) in different locations, iodized oil-based lymphangiography (LAG) from trans-pedal or intranodal route is an established diagnostic approa...

Authors: F. Pan, M. Loos, T. D. Do, G. M. Richter, H. U. Kauczor, T. Hackert and C. M. Sommer

Uterine fibroid embolisation: advocating women’s choice for uterine salvage

Authors: Warren Clements

Role of interventional radiology in line insertion on intensive care during the Covid-19 pandemic

Authors: Tom Cavenagh, Sofia Katsari, Bhavin Kawa, Raham Karimaghaei, Vyzantios Pavlidis, Vasileios Patsiogiannis, Nikolaos Ntagiantas, Joo-Young Chun, Seyed Renani, Leto Mailli, Michael Gonsalves, Lakshmi Ratnam, Raj Das and Robert Morgan

Pelvic vein embolization: an assessment of the readability and quality of online information for patients

Pelvic congestion syndrome is a controversial topic. Pelvic vein embolization is a minimally invasive treatment for pelvic congestion syndrome. We aimed to assess the quality of information available on the In...

Authors: R. J. Lee, D. C. O’Neill, M. Brassil, J. Alderson and M. J. Lee

Endovascular treatment of an obstructive membrane between inferior vena cava and right atrium in an unrecognized Budd-Chiari syndrome

Budd-Chiari syndrome is defined as a hepatic venous outflow track obstruction of various etiology, which appears at different levels. The inferior vena cava outflow membrane is an unusual, but a potentially tr...

Authors: Maja Strozzi, Kristina Maric Besic, Knezevic Stromar Ivana and Anić Darko