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Balloon-assisted coil embolization (BACE) of a wide-necked renal artery aneurysm using the intracranial scepter C compliant occlusion balloon catheter

True renal artery aneurysms (TRAA) are an uncommon pathology, with a prevalence of less than 1%. Treatment of TRAAs is generally recommended when the aneurysm sac equals or exceeds 2cms. Both wide-necked and m...

Authors: Jeeban Paul Das, Hamed Asadi, Hong Kuan Kok, Emma Phelan, Alan O’Hare and Michael J. Lee

Preliminary experience with the micro vascular plug for the treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: case series of four patients

To describe the preliminary experience using Micro Vascular Plug (MVP) for treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) with small feeding arteries (3 -5 mm) in four patients with Hereditary Haem...

Authors: Stevo Duvnjak, Carmela Anna Di Ciesco and Poul Erik Andersen

Effective kissing stent to severe stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery replacing the common hepatic artery

Endovascular therapy (ET) for chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is a effective treatment to relieve the symptoms, such as postprandial abdominal pain, food fear, and progressive weight loss. CMI is not known t...

Authors: Yusuke Date, Hiromasa Katoh, Takatoshi Abe, Hirhoshi Nagamine, Hiroiku Hara and Yushi Kawase

Access site complications after transfemoral aortic valve implantation - a comparison of Manta and ProGlide

Despite decreasing sheath diameter, access site bleeding and vascular complications are still a major concern in transfemoral aortic valve implantation (TAVI), and may increase morbidity and even increase mort...

Authors: Pavel Hoffmann, Ahmed Al-Ani, Thomas von Lueder, Jenny Hoffmann, Peter Majak, Ove Hagen, Helga Loose, Nils Einar Kløw and Anders Opdahl

Depression and peripheral artery disease: why we should care and what we can do

Authors: Joel L. Ramirez and S. Marlene Grenon

Endovascular iliac vein reconstruction through an obstructive pelvic nodal recurrence of urothelial carcinoma

Chronic venous occlusion is common particularly in cancer patient due to hypercoagulate state associated with venous compression. Treatment options include endovascular management with venoplasty and stenting....

Authors: Bedros Taslakian, Varshaa Koneru and Akhilesh K. Sista

Are complication rates lower with 4-Fr versus 6-Fr transfemoral arterial access – prospective audit at a single interventional radiology centre

Femoral arterial access constitutes the first step in a significant proportion of interventional endovascular procedures. Whilst existing reports describe sheath size as an independent risk factor for bleeding...

Authors: Raymond Chung, Alex Weller, Robert Morgan, Anna-Maria Belli and Lakshmi Ratnam

Mycotic aortic aneurysms post-Intravesical BCG treatment for early-stage bladder carcinoma

Intravesicular Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is an effective adjunctive therapy for superficial bladder cancer that has been shown to delay recurrence and progression of disease. Serious side effects are rela...

Authors: Aman Wadhwani, Randy D. Moore, Darshan Bakshi and Anirudh Mirakhur

Correction to: Clinical and endovascular practice in interventional radiology: a contemporary European analysis

Upon publication of this article (Kok et al., 2018), the authors noticed that author ‘Miguel Casares Santiago’ was spelt incorrectly. This has been corrected by means of this correction article.

Authors: Hong Kuan Kok, Thomas Rodt, Fabrizio Fanelli, Mohamad Hamady, Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck, Miguel Casares Santiago, Florian Wolf and Michael J. Lee

Successful surgical retrieval of Celt ACD® vascular closure device embolised in the tibioperoneal trunk

This report presents a case of surgical retrieval of a Celt ACD® vascular closure device (VCD) situated in the tibioperoneal trunk, following a failed attempt at deployment. Existing literature mostly recommen...

Authors: Qusai Aljarrah, Ma’moon Al-Omari, Kawthar Qader, Jozef Oweis and Ahmad Althaher

Carotid artery stenting in a single center, single operator, single type of device and 15 years of follow-up

Revascularization with carotid stent (CAS) is considered the therapeutic alternative to endarterectomy (CEA). However, its role compared to CEA remains questioned, mainly due of the heterogeneity of long-term ...

Authors: Victoria Mayoral Campos, José Andrés Guirola Órtiz, Carlos Tejero Juste, María José Gimeno Peribáñez, Carolina Serrano, Cristina Pérez Lázaro, Ignacio de Blas Giral and Miguel Ángel de Gregorio Ariza

Incidental extravascular findings in CT angiograms in patients post endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: clinical relevance and frequency

To evaluate the incidence and clinical relevance of extravascular incidental findings (EVIF), particularly malignancies, in planning and follow-up CT angiograms (CTA) of the abdominal aorta in patients who und...

Authors: Permesh Singh Dhillon, Mohammad Waleed Butt, Graham Pollock, James Kirk, Peter Bungay, Mario De Nunzio and Peter Thurley

Percutaneous retrieval of migrated Viabahn stent from a segmental pulmonary artery

With improving and aggressive endovascular venous and dialysis techniques there is increasing use of stent grafts with different platforms available on the market. Inappropriately sized stents may displace and...

Authors: R. C. Zvavanjanja

Clinical and endovascular practice in interventional radiology: a contemporary European analysis

The purpose of this survey was to determine the current trends in endovascular practice by Interventional Radiologists (IR’s) across Europe and to understand the engagement by Interventional Radiology (IR) wit...

Authors: Hong Kuan Kok, Thomas Rodt, Fabrizio Fanelli, Mohamad Hamady, Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck, Miquel Casares Santiago, Florian Wolf and Michael J. Lee

Welcome to CIRSE’s new journal for endovascular therapies

Authors: Jim A. Reekers

Direct puncture embolisation of the non-coil-embolised internal iliac artery post EVAR - a novel use of the Angio-Seal closure device

Coil embolisation of the internal iliac arteries prior to EVAR is considered standard treatment to prevent a type 2 endoleak when extending an iliac limb into the EIA. Type 2 endoleaks that arise from a non-co...

Authors: Prashant Ravindran Menon, Sanjay Agarwal and Owen Rees

Portal vein pseudoaneurysm secondary to pancreatic lymphoma and biliary stent insertion: a rare cause of haemobilia

Haemobilia, defined as bleeding from the biliary tree, is a rare entity. The most common cause of haemobilia is iatrogenic trauma, which accounts for 70% of cases. Pseudoaneurysms of the portal vein are an ext...

Authors: Henry Walton, Dominic Yu, Charles Imber and George Webster

Image guided sclerotherapy for the treatment of venous malformations

Percutaneous sclerotherapy is the preferred method of treatment for VMs (venous malformations). However, treatment protocols vary, and research on the most effective sclerosant is conflicting. Additionally, th...

Authors: Johnathon Gorman, Steven J. Zbarsky, Rebecca J. M. Courtemanche, Jugpal S. Arneja, Manraj K. S. Heran and Douglas J. Courtemanche