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This recording features audio versions of October 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Research Consensus Panel Follow-up: 8-Year Update on Submassive Pulmonary Embolism Read Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation Reduces Laboratory Markers of Acute Liver Injury Read A Review of Materials and Medications wit...

This recording features audio versions of September 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: An Interim Analysis of the First 102 Patients Treated in the Prospective Vertebral Augmentation Sacroplasty Fracture Registry  Read Effectiveness and Safety of Intra-arterial Imipenem/Cilastatin Sodium Infusion for Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis–Related Interphalangeal J...

" When you put energy into something, and passion and determination, and when people can see that you've also put in the scholarship, people will give you opportunities. And you know, honestly, I thought I was setting this up for somebody else!" —Suresh Vedantham, MD, FSIR, C-TRACT Principal Investigator Host Roger Tomihama, MD, speaks with C-TRACT (Chronic Venous Thrombosis: Relief...

The IR-in-training has a number of options to consider for their internship year. Although most program directors recommend surgery, a significant number of residents pursue a medicine or transitional year internship. We spoke with four residents-in-training about their internship experiences. In the audio version of "The internship year: An overview of options"  (Summer 2019 IR Quarterl...

This recording features audio versions of August 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Percutaneous Cryoablation of Plasmacytomas: Oncologic Effectiveness and Adverse Events Read The Effect of Endovascular Treatment of Renal Artery Stenoses on Coexistent Aneurysms Associated with Fibromuscular Dysplasia Read Change in Platelet Count after Transjugular Intrahepat...

" I remember the first case ever referred to us: It was a young patient who was riding on a motorcycle. He crashed and ruptured his pelvis. He was bleeding out, and we didn't have any material to embolize with. So I took his blood, and kept stirring it until it coagulated on itself, and then I injected clots into the artery that was bleeding. It stopped, and we become heroes at MGH. Then...

This recording features audio versions of July 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Short-Term Effects of Genicular Artery Embolization on Symptoms and Bone Marrow Abnormalities in Patients with Refractory Knee Osteoarthritis Read Real-World Safety Analysis of Paclitaxel Devices Used for the Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease Read Median Arcuate Ligament Co...

I was literally at parade rest, in front of the chairman of the department, the colonel, and they want me to do mammo. I said, "I haven't done mammo in quite some time, sir." He was like, "When was the last time you read mammo?" and I said, "June 6, 1998, in Louisville, Kentucky." He was just like, "... Let me think about that ... " — Martin G. Radvany,...

Rochester Radiology Associates (RRA) is a private combined DR and IR practice located in upstate Rochester, New York. We combine the world of a traditional private practice radiology group with many features of an academic IR service. RRA is a unique practice that straddles two different worlds, which as a result offers unique challenges. In the audio version of "Practice profiles: Rochester...

This recording features audio versions of June 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Public Awareness of Interventional Radiology: Population-Based Analysis of the Current State of and Pathways for Improvement Read Radioembolization for Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma Maintains Liver Function and Permits Systemic Therapy at Progression Read The Effec...

" I'm a firm believer in technology, and I think we can engineer our way out of pretty much everything in the world ... And so my hope is that, eventually, we will listen to the engineers." — Julius Chapiro, MD Host Roger Tomihama, MD, speaks with interventional radiologist Julius Chapiro, MD, about the future of artificial intelligence in interventional radiology, his work with AI...

From a basic science perspective, a number of questions remain unanswered regarding deep veins. Venous disease is a cause of morbidity and mortality for patients of all ages, though the past several years have shown marked progress in research and approval of techniques and devices used for the treatment of venous disease. Major areas of research potential include the inflammatory pathway from acu...

This recording features audio versions of May 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Embolization of the Superior Rectal Arteries versus Closed Hemorrhoidectomy (Ferguson Technique) in the Treatment of Hemorrhoidal Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial Read Outcomes of Hemorrhoidal Artery Embolization from a Multidisciplinary Outpatient Interventional Center Read...

“When we talk about errors, complications and adverse events, we have to understand that not all poor outcomes are the result of an error. There are so many contributors to something going wrong, which may be both individual or more commonly systemic.” — Mikhail Higgins, MD, MPH   In this audio version of an SIR Today recap on the SIR 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting session, " Building a Quali...

“They're our mentors, they're our friends, they're our colleagues, they're our peers. They recognize, 'Hey, we have this need ... you have these skills. How do we leverage this and really serve our patients to the best of our ability?'"  — Carrie Hayes, PA, Chair of the SIR Nurse Practitioner & Physician Assistant Section Host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks...

This recording features audio versions of April 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Predicting the Safety and Effectiveness of Inferior Vena Cava Filters (PRESERVE): Outcomes at 12 months Read Lateral Subdermic Venous Plexus Insufficiency: The Association of Varicose Veins with Restless Legs Syndrome and Nocturnal Leg Cramps Read Adverse Events Associated with...

“The first rule of networking is to know what you’re looking for, and then to tell everyone. If you tell 50,000 people that you want to sit on a board, eventually someone will know someone who did that, and they’ll connect you. And things snowball from there.” — Aneesa S. Majid, MD, MBA, FSIR In this audio version of an SIR Today recap on the SIR 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting session, "Noncl...

" They were able to remove the filter, repair the damage, and get full blood flow ... for the first time in almost 2 years." —Sheila Ehlert, deep vein thrombosis patient In 2020, while Sheila Ehlert was being treated for exceptionally heavy menstrual bleeding, she began to experience a range of additional symptoms including rapid pain and swelling in her legs, and shortness of breath. Af...

"IamIR" is starting to really reflect  the population that we serve, and that  is very uplifting for me and a lot of people in the URM Section. —Keith  M. Horton, MD, FSIR, co-chair of SIR Underrepresented Minorities (URM) Section  In a special year-end review, interventional radiologists Keith M. Horton, MD, FSIR, Nishita Kothari, MD, FSIR, Roger T. Tomihama, MD, and others join SIR Dir...

This recording features audio versions of March 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Endovascular Assessment of Liver Hemodynamics in Patients with Cirrhosis Complicated by Portal Hypertension Read Updates on the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score and Impact on the Liver Transplant Waiting List: A Narrative Review Read Yttrium-90 Radiation Segmentectomy in...

“There was a big shift from the government perspective about professional societies needing to write and look at evidence in a way that the public could trust.” — Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIR, on the evolution of SIR standards documents Host Barbara Nickel Hamilton, MD, speaks with interventional radiologist Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIR, about her clinical interests, the evolution of guidelines and standards do...

This recording features audio versions of February 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: A Review of Professional Liability in IR: Sweeping the Mines Read Portal Vein Recanalization for Noncirrhotic Portal Vein Cavernous Transformation: Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation versus Portal Vein Stent Placement Read Endovascular Lymphatic Decompres...

This recording features audio versions of January 2023 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Participants in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Clinical Studies Evaluating Transarterial Therapies Read Comparison of Bolus Versus Dual-Syringe Administration Systems on Glass Yttrium-90 Microsphere Deposition in an In Vitro Microvascular Hepatic...

“I look at it kind of like the RPVI, in a sense. That, you know, all of us are interventional radiologists, we all have completed our vascular ultrasound training, and we can get this additional certification that recognizes the fact that we spend a significant amount of time in our practice involved in this subspecialty area, and we are competent at it."  — Martin Geza Radvany, MD, FSIR Host...

This recording features audio versions of December 2022  Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology ( JVIR ) abstracts: Healthcare Disparities in Interventional Radiology Read Transarterial Embolization of Neovascularity for Refractory Nighttime Shoulder Pain: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Feasibility Trial Read Utilization of and Outcomes Associated with Intravascular Ultrasound During Deep Ve...