Tag: interventional radiology
IR in the UK: What we know
Sharing an update with Interventional News, consultant vascular radiologist Raghu Lakshminarayan (Hull University Teaching Hospital, Hull, UK) describes where interventional radiology (IR) stands within...
Clinical IR practice often goes unseen due to lack of distinct...
In a paper published last month in the journal CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology (CVIR), Matthew Lukies and colleagues from Alfred Health in Melbourne, Australia...
Interventional radiology: A play in three acts
I became an interventional radiologist by accident. As a resident in cardiology, I had an unusual chief: he belonged to a new breed of...
ASPCVIR president-elect provides a glimpse into IR in the Asia-Pacific region
Born and raised in Singapore, interventional radiologist Tay Kiang Hiong is professor and head of the department of vascular and interventional radiology at Singapore...
CIRSE Clinical Practice Survey: Patient safety and quality improvement in IR
Andreas Mahnken (University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany), distinguished interventional oncologist, educator and advocator for interventional radiology (IR) standardisation, dives into the most salient outcomes...
Has interventional radiology reached its global tipping point?
In a new global statement, aimed to set forth the essential elements of interventional radiology (IR) and continuing challenges facing the specialty, the Cardiovascular...
Minimal IR “survival kit”: What you need to know about trauma...
“When providing a 24/7 interventional radiology trauma service, sometimes our procedures are expected to be concluded in few minutes. That’s why it’s important...
Get what you want from your career: CIRSE Women in IR...
Taking place at the 2024 Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) annual congress (14–18 September, Lisbon, Portugal) the Women in Interventional Radiology...
Analysis of UK interventional radiology shows “major” discrepancy between workforce and...
An analysis of data collected on interventional radiology (IR) practice in the UK has shown an increasing trend in the number and complexity of...
From both sides of the table: How interventional radiologist Philip Dombrowski...
“Dombrowski finally determined that the rupture had happened in the pancreatic branch of the inferior pancreatic-duodenal arcade, a minor and rarely problematic artery. All...
Miyuki Sone spotlights women’s empathy as crucial part of any IR...
“It’s a boy’s club. If the only examples of success are men, it becomes harder for women to envision themselves in those positions.” These...
Building equitable IR supply chains to support training in LMICs: A...
Chidubem Ugwueze (Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA) provides an update on the current state of play concerning interventional radiology (IR) equipment and...
Patrick Haage
As a champion of innovation and forward movement in his chosen field of interventional radiology (IR), Patrick Haage’s career is no less a reflection...
The hidden interventional radiologists: Study uncovers those lost in data
A study conducted by the Harvey L Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) has identified a large percentage of unidentified interventional radiologists ‘hidden’ within Medicare data....
First multi-society summit addresses the wants, needs and demands of IR...
During the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual scientific meeting (23–28 March, Salt Lake City, USA), interventional radiology (IR) societies from nations worldwide sat...
Fostering development: Using social media as an interventional radiologist
As a member of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) social media subcommittee, Evgenia Efthymiou (University of Athens, Athens, Greece) expands on...
IR Bites workshop blueprint: A comprehensive guide to running your own...
Speaking on behalf of ‘IR Bites’—a group whose mission is to raise the baseline public understanding and level of education on interventional radiology (IR)—medical...
AI technology provides “exceptional”* capabilities for outpatient embolization treatment
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“Our practice has embraced the concept of artificial intelligence as a tool that improves physician performance for...
Alda Tam
Alda Tam is an interventional radiologist and professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA, and is current president...
Moral injury “prevalent” among interventional radiologists in the USA
A recent study concerning moral injury (MI) among interventional radiologists has found that the condition is “prevalent” throughout the field, and has been shown...
IASIOS reports first accredited centre in the USA
The International Accreditation System for Interventional Oncology Services (IASIOS) has reported experiencing exponential growth exceeding 150% in the past year. IASIOS has been at...
Paediatric interventional radiologists call for intended-for-use device development
Lagging behind the rapid advancements within the speciality as a whole, a 2023 study titled ‘Is there really no kit for kids?’ has identified...
You can’t always get what you want, but you may get...
Over several decades, interventional radiology (IR) has scaled to significant heights, leading technological advancements and minimally-invasive techniques. As these milestones have been reached, however,...
“The solution is an IR speciality”: Raman Uberoi gives Andreas Gruentzig...
Interventional radiologist and medical director for The Royal College of Radiologists, Raman Uberoi (The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK), gave this year’s Andreas Gruentzig...
Interventional News Issue 92—November 2023 US Edition
Interventional News 92 Highlights:
International IR voices map the path to primary specialty
Interventional News welcomes new editor-in-chief Robert Morgan
Profile: Jonathan Moss
CIRSE: Top...
Interventional News Issue 92—November 2023
Interventional News 92 Highlights:
International IR voices map the path to primary specialty
Interventional News welcomes new editor-in-chief Robert Morgan
Profile: Jonathan Moss
CIRSE: Top...
SIO president sets sights on becoming “strongest voice for the...
Muneeb Ahmed is an interventional radiologist specialising in interventional oncology (IO) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (Boston, USA) and current president of the...
CIRSE radiation protection sessions address geographical disparities and mitigation of perceived...
The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) 2023 annual meeting (9–13 September, Copenhagen, Denmark) hosted sessions dedicated to radiation protection, contemporary risk...
Micromate: Your robotic assistant for all needle interventions from head to...
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Achieving consistency, accuracy, and ease of use in interventional radiology (IR) and interventional oncology (IO) procedures, including biopsy...
CIRSE curriculum update targets greater harmonisation and improvement in global IR...
In February 2023, the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE), in conjunction with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Interventional Radiology...
A window into IR training in the USA
Oluwatoyin (Toyin) Dada is a current fifth-year postgraduate trainee (resident) in interventional radiology (IR) and diagnostic radiology (DR), and Ariana Mills, a first-year resident....
What’s better, what’s not, and what’s next
Interventional News began more than 20 years ago as an effort to better cover the global interventional space, selecting news stories and other content...
Adept Medical launches new Head Immobiliser for improved imaging and head...
Adept Medical has announced the launch of the Head Immobiliser—a radiolucent support for a range of interventional radiology (IR) and neuroradiology procedures. Now commercially...
Bentley buys key suppliers and engages employees in planned IPO
Bentley has bought its main supplier, the Switzerland-based Qmedics, Bentley has recently announced in a press release. It also announced its plan of initial...
Effective alternatives to surgery for renal cell carcinomas discussed at CIRSE...
The management of renal cancer patients featured prominently at this year’s Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) annual meeting (10–14 September, Barcelona,...
Adept announces Prone Support product launch
Adept Medical says it has responded to the call from interventional radiologists for a device to comfortably support and manage a patient in the...
A closer look at new technologies in malignant ureteric obstruction
Malignant ureteric obstruction (MUO) poses several tangible threats to cancer patients—and these threats translate, in turn, to challenges for the interventional radiologist and other...
Availability expansion of Front Line Medicals COBRA-OS aortic occlusion device
In a press release by Front Line Medical Technologies, the company have announced the expanded availability and distribution of their COBRA-OS (control of bleeding,...
Shifting paradigms in diagnosing and treating small renal masses
In light of recent and upcoming developments in the space, Vinson Wai-Shun Chan and Tze Min Wah (Leeds, UK) explore the evidence and latest...
Fundamental IR techniques help provide invaluable treatment options for animals
Peter Littler (Newcastle, UK) talks to Gerard McLauchlan (Surrey, UK) and Alex Horton (Surrey, UK) about veterinary interventional radiology following a special session titled...
Improving interdepartmental communication to avoid forgotten ureteric stents
There are some very serious risks associated with forgotten ureteric JJ stents. David Maudgil, a consultant interventional radiologist at Wexham Park Hospital, Frimley Health...
Six-month registry interim data flash early thrombectomy safety in pulmonary embolism...
Inari Medical has announced positive acute and long-term interim results from the first 500 pulmonary embolism patients enrolled in the FlowTriever outcomes registry (FLASH).
A...
Enabling global provision of image-guided procedures “crucial” to improving health equity
Janice Newsome (Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, USA), tells Interventional News that she considers herself “a little bit of a global citizen”. “As interventional radiologists,...
BSIR expands focus on diversity, equity and inclusion
Elika Kashef (London, UK) addresses the implications of interventional radiology not being equally accessible to people from all walks of life. This has triggered...
UK interventional radiologists declare top reasons to attend BSIR 2021 in...
After COP26, it is time for the interventional radiology world to congregate in Glasgow, UK. Diversity, veterinary interventions, sun tan, or single malt–everyone has...
Salazar takes reins as UNC Radiology Vascular-Interventional Radiology division chief
The UNC Department of Radiology (Chapel Hill, USA) recently named Gloria Salazar, as the department’s next division chief of vascular and interventional radiology (VIR).
Following...
Screening with ultrasound and vessel mapping prerequisite to success with WavelinQ™...
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Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology names Tara Graham as new president
Tara Graham (Trillium Health Partners, Toronto, Canada) has become the new president of the Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology (CAIR), assuming the new role...
Results of two-year study show Zilver Vena Venous Stent is safe...
The results of a two-year study support the continued safety and effectiveness of the Zilver Vena Venous Stent (Cook Medical) in treating symptomatic iliofemoral...
SIR 2021 president underscores COVID-19, diversity and the value of image-guided...
Interventional radiologists were often at the frontlines, doing remarkably large numbers of procedures treating COVID-19 patients and among the only specialties that carried on...
The reluctant cowboy takes aim at a fistful of IR myths
The adrenaline-rush of seeing or doing an elegant procedure that can alter the course of a patient’s life is often the career-inspiring doorway into...
Call for IR clinic patients to receive the COVID-19 vaccine: New...
Former Editor of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) Ziv Haskal (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA) has started a petition calling for...
Thinking about ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights and practical approaches...
“Practicing ethical inquiry and reflection may mitigate the moral distress that can arise from ethical dilemmas,” write Michelle Shnayder-Adams, Eric J Keller, and Mina...
Interventional radiology assumes a more prominent role amid pandemic
Interventional radiology is “an operational and financial hedge” for hospitals during COVID-19, Mikin Patel (University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, USA) and co-authors...
Stratus Medical completes private placement financing and acquisition of the NimbusRF
Stratus Medical, a new company created to focus on advancing radiofrequency (RF) ablation treatment for chronic pain, has announced that it completed a private...
Public outreach for IR procedures: Is it nice or necessary?
Theresa Caridi is an interventional radiology advocate, and believes passionately in spreading awareness of minimally invasive, image-guided procedures to both potential patients and referrers....
CIRSE updates and expands their interventional radiology curriculum for medical students
The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) has released a newly revised interventional radiology (IR) curriculum for medical students. Where the original...
Patients deserve improved access to IR services
In the wake of the recent joint statement from the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR) and the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) advocating...
BSIR and RCR joint statement supports increased provision of interventional radiology...
The Interventional Radiology Committee of the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), in collaboration with the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR), have released a...
Interventional radiologists earn higher salaries than diagnostic radiologists
Interventional radiologists earned higher salaries in the USA in 2018 than their colleagues in diagnostic radiology, according to the latest data from AuntMinnie.com’s SalaryScan...
Radiology trainees’ exposure to invasive procedures is in decline
As interventional radiology evolves as a distinct specialty from diagnostic radiology, the central and ongoing role of diagnostic radiologists in performing certain invasive radiological...
Five ways to improve interventional radiology
According to a new survey of European interventional radiology (IR) departments published in Insights into Imaging, five steps should be taken to improve provision...
Number of studies authored by female IRs on the rise
Women are equally as productive as men in terms of number of publications, citations, and grants, a recent study investigating the impact of women...
Interventional radiology among the most competitive medical specialties of 2018 in...
Integrated interventional radiology has been listed among the American Medical Association’s (AMA) seven most competitive medical specialties in 2018.
“The National Resident Matching Program considers...
Balt announces receiving CE mark for Magic Glue, a next generation...
Balt International has announced receiving the CE mark for Magic Glue, its next generation of cyanoacrylate liquid embolic agent. Magic Glue is indicated for...
Scotland on red alert over shortage of interventional radiologists
Interventional radiologists issued a red alert warning over staff shortages in Scotland as the only full-time specialists based in the Scottish Highlands step down....
Move to less invasive medicine is “one of the greatest shifts...
“Innovation has driven my life in interventional radiology—and what a ride it has been,” said Barry Katzen, founder and chief medical executive of Miami...
Stephen B Solomon
Stephen B Solomon, chief, Interventional Radiology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA and president of the Society for Interventional Oncology (SIO)...
Immersive nature of virtual reality will “herald a sea change” in...
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) debuted the first-ever virtual reality 360 (VR360) training video showcasing an endovascular transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure...
Less expensive and more realistic 3D models of blood vessels improve...
A relatively inexpensive 3D-printed model of a patient’s blood vessels is as effective as current commercially available models for training medical students in interventional...
Cook Medical announces major realignment of its business
Cook Medical has announced key changes that simplify its organisational structure to better support customers.
These changes realign the current sales, marketing, research and...
Guerbet acquires IR microcatheter maker Accurate Medical
Guerbet has announced that it has entered into an agreement under which it will acquire Israeli company Accurate Medical, which specialises in the development...
Future directions for ablation in interventional oncology
The notion of locally destroying a cancer percutaneously with minimal morbidity and mortality has become accepted as part of the modern armamentarium for treating...
New guidelines on radiation exposure to significantly reduce annual eye dose...
The new European Directive laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from ionising radiation exposure will come into effect on...
New study uses cryoablation to target vagus nerve and obesity
A new study is underway at Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, USA, to evaluate the use of cryoablation to treat mild to moderate obesity.
The clinical trial,...
Peer-reviewed medical journals should publish scientifically valid information “to combat misinformation”
Klaus Hausegger, chairman of the Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology in Klagenfurt, Austria, and president-elect of the Austrian Roentgen Society, will take up a new...
Adept Medical launches I.R Platform
Adept Medical, the Auckland based manufacturer of the STARSystem, has announced the release of its latest product innovation, the I.R. Platform (interventional radiology platform)....
PAIRS meeting showcases interventional radiology trends in the Middle East
The 2017 edition of the annual PAIRS meeting was held in Dubai 15–18 March and reflected the growing enthusiasm of the interventional radiology community...
UK Medical announces ‘strategic buy out’ from BD
A Sheffield healthcare company has announced a strategic ‘buy out’ from its parent company, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a deal which will see...
Artificial intelligence virtual consultant could guide interventional radiology patient care
Interventional radiologists at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA, are using technology found in self-driving cars to power a...
Interventional radiology’s right to compete
There is a recent story about a UK-based private insurer potentially no longer recognising interventional radiologists as primary practitioners for the treatment of varicose...
Gireesh Mukund Warawdekar
“Interventional radiology has always been characterised by its innovative spirit. We are now seeing progress with new procedures being developed to create percutaneous arteriovenous fistulae....
Interventional oncology should identify “unmet immunotherapy needs”
Daniel Sze, speaking at the ninth annual Symposium on Clinical Interventional Oncology (CIO; 4–5 February 2017, Hollywood, USA), noted that immunotherapy is a “huge...
Ringing in the radial revolution
There is an explosion of interest in transradial access within interventional radiology. With the twitterverse abuzz with hashtags such as #radialfirst and #transradial and...
Society of Interventional Radiology statement on US president Donald J Trump’s...
Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) president Charles E Ray Jr has issued the following statement in response to US president Donald J Trump’s executive...
Patients are potentially placed at risk in the absence of 24/7...
“Patient safety must come first, alongside the recognition of the essential role interventional radiology plays in the provision of modern medical care,” Raman Uberoi,...
Why gynaecologists do not perceive any conflict with interventional radiologists over...
Many suspect that medical tribalism is economically motivated and the most common answers from clinicians on why inter-speciality tension exists are “money” and “ego.”...
