01 octubre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Multicenter Trial of the VenaTech Convertible Vena Cava Filter

Eric J. Hohenwalter, MD, James R. Stone, MD, Paul V. O’Moore, MD, Steven J. Smith, MD, J. Bayne Selby, MD, Robert J. Lewandowski, MD, Shaun Samuels, MD, Paul M. Kiproff, MD, David W. Trost, MD, David C. Madoff, MD, Jeremy Handel, MD, Eric J. Gandras, MD, Athanasios Vlahos, MD, William S. Rilling, MD

Purpose: To demonstrate rates of successful filter conversion and 6-month major device-related adverse events in subjects with converted caval filters.

01 octubre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Percutaneous Cryoablation of Renal Tumors: Is It Time for a New Paradigm Shift?

Hussein D. Aoun, MD, Peter J. Littrup, MD, Mohamed Jaber, MD, Fatima Memon, MD, Barbara Adam, MSN, APN, Mark Krycia, BS, Matthew Prus, BS, Elisabeth Heath, MD, Edson Pontes, MD

Purpose: To retrospectively assess long-term outcomes of percutaneous renal cryoablation, including factors affecting complications and local recurrence rates.

01 octubre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Diagnostic Accuracy of Split-Bolus Single-Phase Contrast-Enhanced Cone-Beam CT for the Detection of Liver Tumors before Transarterial Chemoembolization

Martin Jonczyk, MD, Julius Chapiro, MD, Federico Collettini, MD, Dominik Geisel, MD, Dirk Schnapauff, MD, Florian Streitparth, MD, Thomas Schmidt, Bernd Hamm, MD, Bernhard Gebauer, MD, Gero Wieners, MD

Purpose: To evaluate detectability of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using split-bolus cone-beam CT in intraindividual comparison between cone-beam CT and contrast-enhanced MR imaging.

01 octubre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Acute Intramural Hematoma of the Descending Aorta Treated with Stent Graft Repair Is Associated with a Better Prognosis

Kaichuang Ye, MD, PhD, Jinbao Qin, MD, PhD, Minyi Yin, MD, PhD, Mi’er Jiang, MD, Weimin Li, MD, Xinwu Lu, MD, PhD

Purpose: To compare midterm outcomes of optimal medical treatment (OMT) alone with OMT and thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) of acute type B intramural hematoma (IMHB).

01 octubre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Results of Stent Graft Placement to Treat Cephalic Arch Stenosis in Hemodialysis Patients with Dysfunctional Brachiocephalic Arteriovenous Fistulas

Robert G. Jones, MRCP, FRCR, Andrew P. Willis, MRCS, FRCR, Karen Tullett, RGN, Peter L. Riley, MRCP, FRCR

Purpose: To determine effectiveness of the VIABAHN (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, Arizona) stent graft to treat cephalic arch stenosis in patients with dysfunctional brachiocephalic arteriovenous fistulas after inadequate venoplasty response.

01 octubre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Unmasking of Previously Asymptomatic Central Venous Stenosis following Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty of Hemodialysis Access

Jarrod M. Ehrie, BS, Therese E. Sammarco, BA, Jesse L. Chittams, MA, Scott O. Trerotola, MD

Purpose: To determine the frequency of new-onset symptoms of central venous stenosis (CVS) after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of a hemodialysis access–related stenosis in patients with previously asymptomatic CVS and to identify risk factors for this phenomenon.

01 octubre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Benign Thyroid Nodules: An Efficient and Safe Alternative to Surgery

Rosa Cervelli, MD, Salvatore Mazzeo, MD, Luigi De Napoli, MD, Antonio Boccuzzi, MD, Benedetta Pontillo-Contillo, MD, Gabriele Materazzi, MD, Paolo Miccoli, MD, Roberto Cioni, MD, Davide Caramella, MD

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of radiofrequency (RF) ablation in the treatment of benign thyroid nodules (BTNs) by applying a modification of the moving-shot technique.

01 octubre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Efficacy and Safety of Radiofrequency Ablation for Focal Hepatic Lesions Adjacent to Gallbladder: Reconfiguration of the Ablation Zone through Probe Relocation and Ablation Time Reduction

In Young Choi, MD, Pyo Nyun Kim, MD, PhD, Sung Gu Lee, BS, Hyung Jin Won, MD, PhD, Yong Moon Shin, MD, PhD

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of radiofrequency (RF) ablation for treatment of focal hepatic lesions adjacent to the gallbladder with electrode relocation and ablation time reduction.

01 noviembre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Transarterial Chemoembolization with Small Drug-Eluting Beads in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Experience from a Cohort of 421 Patients at an Italian Center

Camillo Aliberti, MD, Riccardo Carandina, MD, Sara Lonardi, MD, Vincenzo Dadduzio, MD, Alessandro Vitale, MD, Enrico Gringeri, MD, PhD, Giacomo Zanus, MD, PhD, Umberto Cillo, MD

Purpose: To assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of small drug-eluting embolic (DEE) agents (70–150 µm) for chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

01 noviembre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Dexamethasone Prophylaxis to Alleviate Postembolization Syndrome after Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Study

Hyun Yang, MD, Jein Seon, MSN, Pil Soo Sung, MD, PhD, Jung Suk Oh, MD, PhD, Hae Lim Lee, MD, Bohyun Jang, MD, Ho Jong Chun, MD, PhD, Jeong Won Jang, MD, PhD, Si Hyun Bae, MD, PhD, Jong Young Choi, MD, PhD, Seung Kew Yoon, MD, PhD

Purpose: To test the hypothesis that prophylactic administration of dexamethasone alleviates postembolization syndrome (PES) after transarterial chemoembolization for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

01 noviembre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Liver Resection versus Radiofrequency Ablation plus Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in Cirrhotic Patients with Solitary Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Antonio Saviano, MD, Roberto Iezzi, MD, Felice Giuliante, MD, Lucia Salvatore, MD, Caterina Mele, MD, Alessandro Posa, MD, Francesco Ardito, MD, Anna Maria De Gaetano, MD, Maurizio Pompili, MD

Purpose: To compare liver resection (LR) with single-step, balloon-occluded radiofrequency (RF) ablation plus drug-eluting embolics transarterial chemoembolization in cirrhotic patients with single hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) >= 3 cm.

01 noviembre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Tumor Dose Response in Yttrium-90 Resin Microsphere Embolization for Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases: A Tumor-Specific Analysis with Dose Estimation Using SPECT-CT

Orapin Chansanti, MD, Younes Jahangiri, MD, Yusuke Matsui, MD, PhD, Akira Adachi, MD, PhD, Yindee Geeratikun, MD, John A. Kaufman, MD, FSIR, Kenneth J. Kolbeck, MD, PhD, Jeffrey S. Stevens, MD, Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD

Purpose: To evaluate dose-response relationship in yttrium-90 (90Y) resin microsphere radioembolization for neuroendocrine tumor (NET) liver metastases using a tumor-specific dose estimation based on technetium-99m–labeled macroaggregated albumin (99mTc MAA) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)-CT.

01 noviembre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Is a Technetium-99m Macroaggregated Albumin Scan Essential in the Workup for Selective Internal Radiation Therapy with Yttrium-90? An Analysis of 532 Patients

Lidia Sancho, MD, PhD, Macarena Rodriguez-Fraile, MD, PhD, Jose Ignacio Bilbao, MD, PhD, Carmen Beorlegui Arteta, MD, PhD, Mercedes Iñarrairaegui, MD, PhD, Veronica Moran, MD, Bruno Sangro, MD, PhD

Purpose: To determine if baseline patient, tumor, and pretreatment evaluation characteristics could help identify patients who require technetium-99m (99mTc) macroaggregated albumin (99mTc MAA) imaging before selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT).

01 noviembre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Use of Sequential Pneumatic Compression Devices to Facilitate Propagation of Contrast during Intranodal Lymphangiography

Quinn C. Meisinger, MD, Sophia O’Brien, MD, Maxim Itkin, MD, Gregory J. Nadolski, MD

Purpose: To examine effects of lower extremity sequential compression devices (SCDs) on lymphatic transit during intranodal lymphangiography (IL) and thoracic duct interventions.

01 noviembre 2017

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Diffuse Renal Cortical Hemorrhage in the Setting of Subcapsular Hematoma: Diagnosis and Treatment with Embolization

Marta Burrel, PhD, Marta Barrufet, MD, Maria Carme Sebastia, MD, Jonathan Joudanin, MD, Laura Buñesch, MD, Patricia Bermudez, MD, Jordi Blasco, MD, PhD, Rosa Gilabert, MD, PhD

Purpose: To describe radiologic findings, embolization technique, and clinical outcomes in patients with renal subcapsular hematoma and diffuse cortical hemorrhage.