abstract：:The aim of this study was to report technical details, procedure-related complications, and results of endovascular treatment in chronic iliac artery occlusion. Between 2001 and 2008, endovascular treatments of 127 chronic iliac artery occlusions in 118 patients (8 women and 110 men; mean age, 59 years) were retrospec...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Ozkan U,Oguzkurt L,Tercan F

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to describe a unique "eighth note" deformity of the autogenous radiocephalic fistula for hemodialysis and to retrospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of its endovascular treatment. Over 3 years, a total of 808 patients and 558 autogenous radiocephalic fistulas were treated for vasc...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Weng MJ,Chen MC,Chi WC,Liu YC,Chien KF,Liang HL,Pan HB

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stomal variceal bleeding can develop in patients with underlying cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Most patients are best treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation because this addresses the underlying problem of portal hypertension. However, some patients are not good candidates for ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Naidu SG,Castle EP,Kriegshauser JS,Huettl EA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the safety and efficacy of the Frontrunner XP CTO (chronic total occlusion) Catheter (Cordis) for recanalization of long femoropopliteal artery occlusions. A Frontrunner catheter was used to treat 26 CTOs in SFA after guidewire failure (68.3 +/- 8.8 years). Sixty-seven percent ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Charalambous N,Schäfer PJ,Trentmann J,Hümme TH,Stöhring C,Müller-Hülsbeck S,Heller M,Jahnke T

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of colorectal cancer (CRC) liver metastasis radioembolization with yttrium-90 (Y90), assessing toxicity and survival rates in patients with no response to chemotherapy through our 3-year experience. From February 2005 to January 2008, we treated 41 patients a...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Cianni R,Urigo C,Notarianni E,Saltarelli A,Salvatori R,Pasqualini V,Dornbusch T,Cortesi E

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to elucidate a method for predicting the intrahepatic arteriovenous shunt rate from computed tomography (CT) images and biochemical data, instead of from arterial perfusion scintigraphy, because adverse exacerbated systemic effects may be induced in cases where a high shunt rate ex...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Ozaki T,Seki H,Shiina M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery perforation remains one of the most fearsome complications during cardiac catheterization procedures. Although emergent bypass surgery is the preferred treatment for cases with uncontrollable perforation, endovascular vessel sealing and arrest of bleeding with a combination of balloons, covered stents,...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Katsanos K,Patel S,Dourado R,Sabharwal T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of combined treatment with hepatic interstitial brachytherapy (HIB) and hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of chemotherapy after interventional implantation of port catheter systems. Thirty-three patients with unresectable "liver-only" metastases...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Wieners G,Pech M,Hildebrandt B,Peters N,Nicolaou A,Mohnike K,Seidensticker M,Sawicki M,Wust P,Ricke J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to present a technique of stereoscopic visualization in the evaluation of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm treated with fenestrated stent grafts compared with conventional 2D visualizations. Two patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm undergoing fenestrated stent grafting were sele...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Sun Z,Squelch A,Bartlett A,Cunningham K,Lawrence-Brown M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-arterial radiotherapy with yttrium-90 microspheres (radioembolization) is a therapeutic procedure exclusively applied to the liver that allows the direct delivery of high-dose radiation to liver tumors, by means of endovascular catheters, selectively placed within the tumor vasculature. The aim of the study was ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Bilbao JI,de Martino A,de Luis E,Díaz-Dorronsoro L,Alonso-Burgos A,Martínez de la Cuesta A,Sangro B,García de Jalón JA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventional radiology (IR) is a rapidly expanding specialty that is facing the challenges of turf wars and personnel shortages. Appropriate exposure of medical students to this field can be vital to recruitment of potential future trainees or referring physicians. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledg...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Leong S,Keeling AN,Lee MJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude and direction of respiratory displacement of the ascending and descending thoracic aorta during breathing maneuvers. In 11 healthy nonsmokers, dynamic magnetic resonance imaging was performed in transverse orientation at the tracheal bifurcation during maximum expi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Weber TF,Tetzlaff R,Rengier F,Geisbüsch P,Kopp-Schneider A,Böckler D,Eichinger M,Kauczor HU,von Tengg-Kobligk H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the beneficial effects of radioactive stents and radioactive stents plus additional chemotherapy in the palliative treatment of cholangiocellular carcinomas. Cholangiocellular carcinoma cells (TFK-1 cells) were treated either with 8 Gy (RTB group) or 16 Gy (RTA group) (188)Re o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Wiesinger B,Farkas E,Kehlbach R,Bantleon R,Werner M,Wiskirchen J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate feasibility of percutaneous transluminal aortic stenting and cava filter placement under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance exclusively using a polyetheretherketone (PEEK)-based MRI-compatible guidewire. Percutaneous transluminal aortic stenting and cava filter place...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Kos S,Huegli R,Hofmann E,Quick HH,Kuehl H,Aker S,Kaiser GM,Borm PJ,Jacob AL,Bilecen D

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of multislice computed tomographic (MSCT) angiography as a noninvasive method for detecting ostial, proximal, and middle segment coronary stenosis or occlusion and anatomy in patients with transposition of the great arteries who had undergone arterial switch op...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Oztunç F,Bariş S,Adaletli I,Onol NO,Olgun DC,Güzeltaş A,Ozyilmaz I,Ozdil M,Kurugoğlu S,Eroğlu AG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to describe vision loss caused by central retinal artery and posterior ciliary artery occlusion as a consequence of sclerotherapy with a polidocanol injection to a glabellar hemangioma. An 18-year-old man underwent direct injection with a 23-gauge needle of 1 mL of a polidocanol-carbon dioxide...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Matsuo T,Fujiwara H,Gobara H,Mimura H,Kanazawa S

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-fastener gastropexy is widely performed as part of gastrostomy insertion. The current literature recommends removal of T-fasteners at 2 weeks. We present a series of patients in whom T-fasteners were removed at 2 days with no major complications. We removed T-fasteners in 109 patients (male-to-female ratio 59:50, ag...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Foster A,Given M,Thornton E,Geoghegan T,Keeling F,McGrath F,Lee MJ

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute vertebrobasilar occlusion (VBO) is associated with a high risk of stroke and death. Although local thrombolysis may achieve recanalization and improve outcome, mortality is still between 35% and 75%. However, without recanalization the chance of a good outcome is extremely poor, with mortality rates of 80-90%. E...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Kamper L,Rybacki K,Mansour M,Winkler SB,Kempkes U,Haage P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) pseudoaneurysm is a rare but potentially lethal complication, mainly after aortic root endocarditis or surgery. Usually it originates from a dehiscence in the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa and it arises posteriorly to the aortic root. Due to these anatomical features, its im...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Da Col U,Ramoni E,Di Bella I,Ragni T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to explore the role of three-dimensional (3-D) rotational angiography (RA) of the inferior vena cava (IVC; 3-D CV) before filter retrieval and its impact on treatment planning compared with standard anteroposterior cavography (sCV). Thirty patients underwent sCV and 3-D CV before IVC fi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Bozlar U,Edmunds JS,Turba UC,Hartwell GD,Housseini AM,Hagspiel KD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrofluoric acid (HF) is a colorless corrosive acid used in different industrial branches. Exposure to HF typically results from spills, and most often the hand or fingers are involved. Tissue damage through cutaneous HF exposure occurs through corrosive burns due to the free hydrogen ions and through skin penetratio...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Thomas D,Jaeger U,Sagoschen I,Lamberti C,Wilhelm K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to present the early results of a multicentre trial using HepaSphere microspheres loaded with chemotherapeutic agents for transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. From December 2005 to March 2007, 50 patients (36 male and 14 female, m...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Grosso M,Vignali C,Quaretti P,Nicolini A,Melchiorre F,Gallarato G,Bargellini I,Petruzzi P,Massa Saluzzo C,Crespi S,Sarti I

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to study necrosis and apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells after preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) with use of low-dose and high-dose anticancer drugs in HCCs. Fifty-four patients with advanced but surgically resectable HCC were studied. Thirty-four patients who ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Lu W,Li YH,He XF,Zhao JB,Chen Y,Mei QL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of TACE with microspheres preloaded with doxorubicin in unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (UCH). Twenty patients with UCH were observed; 9 refused, preferring other palliative care or chemotherapy, and 11 agreed to be treated with one or more...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Aliberti C,Benea G,Tilli M,Fiorentini G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent sciatic artery is a rare congenital anomaly. It is associated with increased incidence of aneurysmal dilatation, thrombosis, distal embolization, and atherosclerotic change. We describe the case of a patient with persistent sciatic artery who presented with a critically ischemic left leg as a result of an o...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Mofidi R,Macaskill EJ,Griffiths GD,Chakraverty S,East of Scotland Vascular Network.

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete inferior vena cava thrombosis (IVC) in neonates is uncommon, but may cause significant morbidity. A 13-day-old neonate suffered IVC thrombosis secondary to antithrombin III deficiency, possibly contributed to by a mutation in the methyl tetrahydrofolate reductase gene. Catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) wit...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Khan JU,Takemoto CM,Casella JF,Streiff MB,Nwankwo IJ,Kim HS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old man underwent successful transcatheter occlusion of three huge pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) using homemade double-umbrella occluders and stainless steel coils. Thoracic CT with three-dimensional reconstruction and pulmonary angiography were used for treatment planning and follow-up. The ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Zhong H,Xu K,Shao H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary parenchymal endometriosis is extremely rare and usually manifests itself with a recurrent hemoptysis associated with the menstrual cycle. The therapies proposed for women with endometriosis consist of medical treatments and surgery. Bronchial artery embolization has become a well-established and minimally in...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Kervancioglu S,Andic C,Bayram N,Telli C,Sarica A,Sirikci A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of esophageal perforation caused by a retrievable covered stent is presented. The distal end of the stent was protruding into the mediastinum, which made it impossible to negotiate a guidewire through the stent into the distal esophagus. The stent was successfully removed with use of a stent retrieval set, and ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Jung GS,Park SD,Cho YD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine whether there is a linear relation between the doses measured above and those measured under the lead apron of the radiologists performing interventional procedures. To monitor radiation exposure the International Commission of Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommends the...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Kuipers G,Velders XL,de Winter RJ,Reekers JA,Piek JJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to report complications from a coronary drug-eluting stent lost in the peripheral circulation. We report the case of successful retrieval of a sirolimus coronary stent from a pedal artery in a young patient who underwent coronary angiography for previous anterior myocardial infarction. R...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Mariano E,Versaci F,Gandini R,Simonetti G,Di Vito L,Romeo F

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of doxorubicin-loaded beads (DC Beads) delivered by transarterial embolization for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This open-label, single-center, single-arm study included 62 cirrhotic patients with documented single unresec...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Malagari K,Chatzimichael K,Alexopoulou E,Kelekis A,Hall B,Dourakis S,Delis S,Gouliamos A,Kelekis D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrarenal transplant pseudoaneurysms are rare, and treatment usually involves sacrificing of the transplant kidney. We report a case where combined use of a thrombotic agent and covered stents successfully excluded a pseudoaneurysm while preserving renal function. ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Poels JA,Riley PL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To perform a systemic review to determine the effect of anticoagulation on the rates of venous thromboembolism (pulmonary embolus, deep venous thrombosis, inferior vena cava (IVC) filter thrombosis) following placement of an IVC filter. METHODS:A comprehensive computerized literature search was performed to id...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Ray CE Jr,Prochazka A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous intervention is one treatment option for symptomatic hepatic hemangioma in infants. We report the case of a newborn (birth weight 4060 g) with a large hepatic cavernous hemangioma, which presented early with high cardiac output failure due to arteriovenous shunting and signs of incipient Kasabach-Merritt ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Kretschmar O,Knirsch W,Bernet V

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is rare. Renal AVF complicated by aneurysm of the feeding artery presents a technical challenge for endovascular treatment. We report a case managed by covered stenting of the renal artery aneurysm, coil embolization of the fistula, and bare stenting of the aorta. ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Kensella D,Kakani N,Pocock R,Thompson J,Cowan A,Watkinson A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the role of hepatic arterial embolization (HAE) and chemoembolization (HACE) in patients with large-volume liver metastases. Patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors, melanomas, or gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) with >75% liver involvement who underwent HAE or HAC...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Kamat PP,Gupta S,Ensor JE,Murthy R,Ahrar K,Madoff DC,Wallace MJ,Hicks ME

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To review the safety and efficacy of gadolinium in spine pain management procedures in patients at high risk for a contrast reaction and who are not suitable candidates for the use of standard non-ionic contrast. METHODS:We reviewed records over a 61-month period of all image-guided spinal pain management...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Safriel Y,Ang R,Ali M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 63-year-old woman with a short patent ductus arteriosus and aneurysmal pulmonary arteries who was treated by placement of a stent-graft. The technique proved simple and safe. Further research is required to improve the design of stent-grafts and their release system for use of this technique i...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Muñoz JJ,Urbaneja A,Gonzalez N,Martinez JL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively assess the anatomic variation of the right inferior phrenic artery (RIPA) origin with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scans in relation to the technical and angiographic findings during transcatheter arterial embolization of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:Two hundred patients...

journal_title：Cardiovascular and interventional radiology

authors： Basile A,Tsetis D,Montineri A,Puleo S,Massa Saluzzo C,Runza G,Coppolino F,Ettorre GC,Patti MT

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00