01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Thermal Changes during Rheolytic Mechanical Thrombectomy

Michael C. Hsu, MD, Charles N. Weber, MD, Mustafa A. Mohammed, BS, Terence P. Gade, MD, PhD, Stephen Hunt, MD, PhD, Gregory J. Nadolski, MD, Timothy W.I. Clark, MD, FSIR

Purpose: To characterize thermal changes induced by rheolytic thrombectomy (RT) within an ex vivo venous model and evaluate resultant changes of endothelial and vessel wall injury.

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Electrochemical Effects after Transarterial Chemoembolization in Combination with Percutaneous Irreversible Electroporation: Observations in an Acute Porcine Liver Model

Dominik Vollherbst, MD, Robert C. Bertheau, MD, Stefan Fritz, MD, Carolin Mogler, MD, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, MD, Eduard Ryschich, MD, Boris A. Radeleff, MD, Philippe L. Pereira, MD, Christof M. Sommer, MD

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of combined use of transarterial chemoembolization and irreversible electroporation (IRE) for focal tissue ablation in an acute porcine liver model.

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Endovascular Management for the Treatment of Pancreas Transplant Venous Thrombosis: A Single-Center Experience

Kichang Han, MD, Heung Kyu Ko, MD, Jiaywei Tsauo, MD, Dong Jae Shim, MD, Yook Kim, MD, Gi-Young Ko, MD, Duck Jong Han, MD, Sung Shin, MD, Young Hoon Kim, MD

Purpose: To investigate the safety and efficacy of mechanical thrombectomy used as a tool for graft rescue in patients with pancreas graft venous thrombosis (PGVT).

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. IR Approaches to Difficult Removals of Totally Implanted Venous Access Port Catheters in Children: A Single-Center Experience

Premal Amrishkumar Patel, MBBS, MRCS, FRCR, Dimitri A. Parra, MD, Ramnik Bath, MB, BCh, BAO, Joao G. Amaral, MD, Michael J. Temple, MD, Philip R. John, MBChB, DCh, FRCR, FRCPC, Bairbre L. Connolly, MB, MCh, FRCPC, FRCSI

Purpose: To identify factors associated with adherence of implanted venous access port catheters in children and describe technical strategies for removing “stuck” ports.

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Safety and Short-Term Complication Rates Using Single-Puncture T-Fastener Gastropexy

Lazar Milovanovic, BASc, Sean A. Kennedy, MD, Bopha Chrea, MD, Mehran Midia, MD, FRCPC

Purpose: To report a single operator’s experience using a modified single-puncture gastrostomy technique deploying up to three nonabsorbable gastropexy anchors.

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. US-Guided Percutaneous Microwave Ablation for Primary Hyperparathyroidism with Parathyroid Nodules: Feasibility and Safety Study

Can Liu, MB, Bin Wu, MD, Pintong Huang, MD, Qian Ding, MM, Lei Xiao, MB, Mei Zhang, MB, Jing Zhou, MD

Purpose: To test the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of microwave (MW) ablation for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) in patients who are unsuited or unwilling to undergo surgery.

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Evaluation of Distal Hemodynamic Changes of Lower Extremity after Endovascular Treatment: Correlation between Measurements of Color-Coded Quantitative Digital Subtraction Angiography and Ankle-Brachial Index

Wen-Sheng Lou, MD, Hao-Bo Su, MD, Kai-Yi Huang, Dipl.-Ing., Xu He, MD, Liang Chen, MD, Guo-Ping Chen, MD, Wan-Yin Shi, MD, Jing-Feng Han, PhD, Jian-Ping Gu, MD

Purpose: To confirm the feasibility of using time-to-peak (TTP) measurements derived from color-coded digital subtraction angiography (ccDSA) imaging to assess improvements in distal circulation in relation to the ankle-brachial index (ABI).

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Safety of Percutaneous Biopsy for Hepatic Angiosarcoma: Results of a Multicenter Korean Survey

Tae Wook Kang, MD, Min Woo Lee, MD, Dongil Choi, MD, Chansik An, MD, Myeong-Jin Kim, MD, Ijin Joo, MD, So Jung Lee, MD, Sanghyeok Lim, MD, Jung Gu Park, MD, Jung Wook Seo, MD, Sin-Ho Jung, MD

Purpose: To evaluate the incidence of severe bleeding and mortality associated with percutaneous biopsy for hepatic angiosarcoma in a multicenter retrospective cohort.

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. National Trends and Outcomes of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Premal S. Trivedi, MD, MSE, Paul J. Rochon, MD, Janette D. Durham, MD, MBA, Robert K. Ryu, MD

Purpose: To elucidate trends in transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) use and outcomes over the course of a decade, including predictors of inpatient mortality and extended length of hospital stay.

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Percutaneous Sclerotherapy for Venous Malformations

Yusuke Ono, MD, Keigo Osuga, MD, PhD, Tomoyuki Takura, MEng, PhD, Masahisa Nakamura, MD, PhD, Kentaro Shibamoto, MD, PhD, Akira Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Hiroyasu Fujiwara, MD, PhD, Hidefumi Mimura, MD, PhD, Noriyuki Tomiyama, MD, PhD

Purpose: To assess cost-effectiveness of sclerotherapy for venous malformations (VMs) to improve patient quality of life (QOL).

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Safety and Risk of Superselective Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with N-Butyl Cyanoacrylate: Angiographic and Colonoscopic Evaluation

Mika Kodani, MD, Shinsaku Yata, MD, PhD, Yasufumi Ohuchi, MD, PhD, Takashi Ihaya, MD, PhD, Toshio Kaminou, MD, PhD, Toshihide Ogawa, MD, PhD

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the safety and risk of transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) with N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) for urgent acute arterial bleeding control in the lower gastrointestinal tract by angiography and colonoscopy.

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Outcomes of Radioembolization in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Portal Vein Invasion: Resin versus Glass Microspheres

Derek M. Biederman, MD, Joseph J. Titano, MD, Nora E. Tabori, MD, Elisa S. Pierobon, MD, Kutaiba Alshebeeb, MD, Myron Schwartz, MD, Marcelo E. Facciuto, MD, Ganesh Gunasekaran, MD, Sander Florman, MD, Aaron M. Fischman, MD, Rahul S. Patel, MD, Francis S. Nowakowski, MD, Edward Kim, MD

Purpose: To compare outcomes of yttrium-90 radioembolization performed with resin-based (90Y-resin) and glass-based (90Y-glass) microspheres in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with associated portal vein invasion.

01 junio 2016

JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Elevated Lung Shunt Fraction as a Prognostic Indicator for Disease Progression and Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Tyler Sandow, MD, Daniel DeVun, MD, Paul Gulotta, MD, Humberto Bohorquez, MD, David Kirsch, MD

Purpose: To evaluate lung shunt fraction (LSF) as an early predictor for local disease progression or the development of metastatic disease.

01 junio 2016

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY. Imaging-Based Predictors of Persistent Type II Endoleak After Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Rafael Mursalin, Ichiro Sakamoto, Hiroki Nagayama, Eijun Sueyoshi, Kazuyoshi Tanigawa, Takashi Miura and Masataka Uetani

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to determine the imaging-based parameters associated with the occurrence of persistent type II endoleaks after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

01 junio 2016

RADIOLOGY. Multimodality Imaging of Ethiodized Oil–loaded Radiopaque Microspheres during Transarterial Embolization of Rabbits with VX2 Liver Tumors

Vania Tacher, MD, Rafael Duran, MD, MingDe Lin, PhD, Jae Ho Sohn, MS, MD, Karun V. Sharma, MD, Zhijun Wang, MD, PhD, Julius Chapiro, MD, PhD, Carmen Gacchina Johnson, PhD, Nikhil Bhagat, MD, Matthew R. Dreher, PhD, Dirk Schäfer, PhD, David L. Woods, MS, Andrew L. Lewis, PhD, Yiqing Tang, PhD, Michael Grass, PhD, Bradford J. Wood, MD, Jean-François Geschwind, MD

Purpose: To assess the visibility of radiopaque microspheres during transarterial embolization (TAE) in the VX2 rabbit liver tumor model by using multimodality imaging, including single-snapshot radiography, cone-beam computed tomography (CT), multidetector CT, and micro-CT.