The Kinked Wire

This recording features audio versions of September 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus on Safety of Combining Transarterial Radioembolization with Yttrium-90 Microspheres with Systemic Anticancer Agents for the Treatment of Liver Malignancy Read Image-Guided Energy Ablation for Palliation of Painful Bony Metastases—A Systema...

"People are only going to look at you and put you in a certain light if you look at yourself that way. If you're willing to practice like a technician, and be happy just to crank cases that come in on orders, you have to understand that you're putting yourself in a position of being a victim of that process." — Barry T. Katzen, MD, FSIR As part of the ongoing Society of Interve...

This recording features audio versions of August 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Safety and Effectiveness of Endovascular Treatment of Complications Associated with Persistent Sciatic Artery: A Qualitative Systematic Review Read A Qualitative Systematic Review of Endovascular Management of Renal Artery Aneurysms Read Hemorrhagic Adverse Events of Transthor...

This recording features audio versions of July 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Comparison of Clinical Effectiveness and Safety of Drug-Coated Balloons versus Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty in Arteriovenous Fistulae: A Review of Systematic Reviews and Updated Meta-Analysis Read Stent-Graft Placement for Hepatic Arterial Hemorrhage after Pancreaticobi...

This recording features audio versions of June 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Virtual Reality for the Management of Pain and Anxiety for IR Procedures: A Prospective, Randomized, Pilot Study on Digital Sedation Read Final 3-Year Study Outcomes from the Evaluation of the Zilver Vena Venous Stent for the Treatment of Symptomatic Iliofemoral Venous Outflow O...

This recording features audio versions of May 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Prediction of Mortality and Hepatic Encephalopathy after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement: Baseline and Longitudinal Body Composition Measurement Read Three-Year Outcomes of the Abre Venous Self-Expanding Stent System in Patients with Symptomatic Iliofemora...

During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today  website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR Today , and audio clips from article i...

During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today  website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR Today , and audio clips from article i...

This recording features audio versions of April 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Genicular Artery Embolization: A Review of Essential Anatomic Considerations Read Locoregional Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma prior to Liver Transplant: Comparative Pathologic Necrosis, Radiologic Response, and Recurrence Read Feasibility Study of Transarterial Chemothe...

During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today  website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR Today , and audio clips from article i...

During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, visit the SIR Today  website each day for session previews and recaps, leadership and author interviews, award-winner inspirations, and much more. Tune in to these audio updates each morning for the day's programming highlights, the day's new content coming from SIR Today , and audio clips from article i...

"There's no Men in IR Section, because they don't ... need it. Someday we're not going to need a Women in IR Section, but we do now. And it's great that it's there, and it's great that it's evolving." — Meridith J. Englander, MD, FSIR, 2020 WIR Champion Host Aneesa Majid, MD, FSIR, speaks with Women in Interventional Radiology (WIR) Champion Award recip...

There is a shift in academic medicine — academic radiology. We don't necessarily have the soft research time that we had before. The clinical demands are so great that I am concerned about who is going to be generating the science in the future. —Ruth Carlos, MD, FACR, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology As part of the "Owning Success" series , host i...

This recording features audio versions of March 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Transarterial Embolization of Simple Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: Long-Term Outcomes of 0.018-Inch Coils versus Vascular Plugs Read Clinical Utility of Infrapopliteal Calcium Score for the Evaluation of Severity of Peripheral Artery Disease Read Patient-Reported Outco...

Many people are sort of viewing it as an either/or — either you have an OBL or you're tied to a diagnostic department. And from my perspective, it's like  ... it's actually synergistic to have both. —Radiology Chief James Brink, MD, FACR Host interventional radiologist Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with James Brink, MD, FACR, chair of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital a...

This recording features audio versions of February 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Radiation Major Hepatectomy Using Ablative Dose Yttrium-90 Radioembolization in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma 5 cm or Larger Read Yttrium-90 Transarterial Radioembolization of Primary Lung Cancer Metastases to the Liver Read Percutaneous Cryoablation of Recurrent or...

In this episode, which was first published in 2023 on the Sound of IR podcast as part of its VIR Legends series, hosts Eric Cyphers, MS3, and Subhash Gutti, MS4, interview Mr. John Abele, FSIR, about his experience as co-founder of Boston Scientific, challenges that arose after revolutionizing procedural medicine, and the early days of IR as a field. Related resources: "Learning to See Differ...

This recording features audio versions of January 2024 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Association between End-Stage Renal Disease and Major Adverse Limb Events after Peripheral Vascular Intervention Read Percutaneous CT-Guided Cryoablation for Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer: Technical Feasibility, Safety, and Effectiveness Read Hydrogel Augmentation of the...

In a special year-end review, interventional radiologists Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, Jaimin Shah, MD, Roger Tomihama, MD, Marty Radvany, MD, FSIR, and Sudhen Desai, MD, FSIR, join SIR Editorial Manager Hope Racine and Director of Publications Brian Haefs to reflect on the top stories from the past year—exclusivity contracts, artificial intelligence and IR, and more. Plus, we share excerpts from the...

This recording features audio versions of December 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Sclerotherapy of Venous Malformations Using Polidocanol: Effectiveness, Safety, and Predictors of Outcomes and Adverse Events Read Comparison of the Safety of Transjugular and Percutaneous Liver Biopsies Read Effect of Previous Transarterial Chemoembolization on Survival and...

In this episode, which was first presented as an SIR Foundation lunch and learn on Oct. 27, 2023, researchers Sasicha Manupipatpong, MD, and Govind Srimathveeravalli, PhD, share their latest findings in the potential for Y-90 treatment of brain cancer, irreversible electroporation, and more. Related links: Learn more about SIR Foundation's "IR Lunch & Learn" series Coming soon:...

"The reality is, and the catchy way to remember it is, 'If it needs a sign, it's bad design.' You see a teakettle, and you immediately know how to use it. " — Gregory Khodorov, MD, MBA As part of a new series from the SIR Medical Student Council (MSC) Biodesign Committee, hosts Eleanor Lee, MPH, and Savraj Saggu speak with Gregg Khodorov, MD, MBA, on identifying problems t...

This recording features audio versions of November 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Added Value of Cone-Beam CT to Identify Arterial Supply during Genicular Artery Embolization for Knee Osteoarthritis Read Direct Thrombectomy versus Bridging Thrombectomy within 6 Hours of Stroke Onset: A Prospective Cohort Study on Cognitive and Physical Function Outcomes R...

In this episode, which was first published in 2022 on the Sound of IR podcast as part of its VIR Legends series, host Eric Cyphers spoke with David Kumpe, MD, FSIR, about his career in interventional radiology. Dr. Kumpe was the director of IR at the University of Colorado from 1978-2005. He helped introduce balloon angioplasty in the United States, and he participated in the birth of neuro IR. We...

"The primary safety and primary efficacy endpoints — which were preset in consideration with the FDA and all the societies — were met. You look at what we did, what we said, and using those definitions, filters are safe and effective. " —Matthew S. Johnson, MD, FSIR, PRESERVE Principal Investigator Host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with PRESERVE (Predicting the Safety and Effectivene...