Maarten L J Smits, Niek Wijnen, Rutger C G Bruijnen, Willem M Brinkman, Peter-Paul M Willemse, Khalil Ramdhani, Maurits M Barendrecht, Richard Meijer, Evert-Jan P A Vonken
{"title":"Renal Arteriography and C-arm CT-Guided Ablation (RenACAGA) for Thermal Ablation of Challenging Renal Tumors.","authors":"Maarten L J Smits, Niek Wijnen, Rutger C G Bruijnen, Willem M Brinkman, Peter-Paul M Willemse, Khalil Ramdhani, Maurits M Barendrecht, Richard Meijer, Evert-Jan P A Vonken","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04039-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-04039-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We present a technique that combines Renal arteriography with C-arm CT-Guided Ablation (RenACAGA) to improve tumor visualization, navigation and margin confirmation for percutaneous ablation of renal tumors.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The RenACAGA technique was used for thermal ablation of challenging renal tumors (intraparenchymal or US-occult lesions). All patients treated with RenACAGA between January 1, 2022, and July 1, 2024, were retrospectively evaluated. Procedures were performed in the angiography suite, with catheterization of the renal artery for selective contrast infusion. C-arm CT and guidance software were used for tumor visualization and ablation needle placement. Pre- and post-ablation C-arm CTs were fused to assess ablation margins. Technical success and local tumor recurrence (LTR) rate were evaluated. Complications were graded according to the Common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) version 5.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seven patients with 10 tumors were treated using the RenACAGA technique. All tumors were successfully identified, punctured and ablated (technical success 100%). During a median follow-up period of 8 months (range 7-25 months), no signs of tumor recurrence at the ablation site were observed (LTR rate 0%). One CTCAE grade 3 periprocedural complication was observed (urinary leakage through the needle tract), along with two CTCAE grade 1 complications (genitofemoral neuralgia (n = 1), and asymptomatic partial splenic infarction (n = 1)).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The RenACAGA technique was successfully used for renal tumor ablation. Further studies are warranted to establish the potential benefits of this technique in terms of superior tumor visualization, targeting, ablation margin assessment, and combination with embolization.</p>","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"836-845"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170772/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143954745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lohith Karigowda, Simon Wong, Jimmy Chien, Peter Emerson, Kush Deshpande, Luke Baker
{"title":"Pacemaker Lead Displacement After Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism.","authors":"Lohith Karigowda, Simon Wong, Jimmy Chien, Peter Emerson, Kush Deshpande, Luke Baker","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04025-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-04025-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"878-880"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143718025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Visualized and Embolized Only by Balloon-Occluded Selective Pulmonary Artery Angiography Following Systemic Artery Embolization: A Case Report.","authors":"Takaki Hirano, Masato Tanikake, Yoshimi Fujii, Hiroshi Kondo","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04032-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-04032-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"886-889"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143984531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cervical Intranodal Lymphangiogram in Pediatrics; Technique, Safety, and Clinical Applications.","authors":"Mohamed M Shahin, Kumar K Shashi, Raja Shaikh","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04050-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-04050-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This paper introduces a novel technique, cervical lymphangiogram, involving intranodal lymphangiogram through cervical lymph nodes. We will discuss our preliminary experience regarding the technique, safety, and applications, offering a promising approach to addressing central conducting duct opacification challenges.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This retrospective study was IRB exempt. All patients failed conservative management for treatment of chylous effusion. Patients who underwent cervical lymphangiogram as either diagnostic or therapeutic process were included. All patients were imaged with magnetic resonance lymphangiogram (MRL) followed by fluoroscopic inguinal intranodal lymphangiogram with failure to opacify thoracic duct or source of chylous effusion. Both, intranodal lymphangiograms and MRL were performed using water-soluble contrast due to the risk of paradoxical emboli given either suspected or confirmed right-to-left shunts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cervical lymphangiogram was performed on 7 patients with ages ranging from 40 days to 8 years. Etiology included unilateral or bilateral chylous pleural effusions. Technical success (defined as opacification of thoracic duct depicting its anatomy, revealing the underlying disorder, either a leak or congenital anomaly) rate was 100%. Clinical success (defined by resolution of symptoms) rate was 100% in patients that showed evidence of leak and underwent glue embolization (6 out of 7 patients). No technique-related complications incurred in any patients. The mean follow-up duration to exclude recurrence and watch for complications was 150 days.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Cervical lymphangiogram is a promising and safe technique to evaluate central conducting ducts where inguinal lymphangiograms (intranodal or MRL) have failed to demonstrate the same.</p>","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"866-872"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144118950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gerard O'Sullivan, Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck, Patrick Haage, Florian Wolf, Mohamad Hamady, Birgit Slijepčević, Romaric Loffroy, Fabrizio Fanelli, Hicham Kobeiter, Robert A Morgan
{"title":"The Central Role of the Interventional Radiologist in Advanced Therapies for Pulmonary Embolism: Results from An Online Member Survey by the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.","authors":"Gerard O'Sullivan, Stefan Müller-Hülsbeck, Patrick Haage, Florian Wolf, Mohamad Hamady, Birgit Slijepčević, Romaric Loffroy, Fabrizio Fanelli, Hicham Kobeiter, Robert A Morgan","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-03998-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-03998-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To describe the outcomes of a survey on the provision of interventional radiology procedures for the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in Europe and beyond.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An online survey with 14 structured items was designed by the authors and was sent to 7116 CIRSE members via email. The anonymous online survey collected data for eight weeks; only complete responses were statistically analysed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The survey was completed by 373 members (5.24%). Among these, 75.1% worked at centres offering catheter-directed thrombolysis or thrombectomy, in which 89.3% (250) personally perform endovascular treatment techniques for pulmonary embolism and the IR department is primarily responsible for the endovascular treatment techniques of PE in 83.2% of cases. The most frequently used endovascular techniques were (large bore) aspiration thrombectomy (85%) and catheter-directed thrombolysis (58.9%). The most common indications for intervention were sub-massive and massive PE (69.9%) and massive PE only (28%). In 70% of centres offering catheter-directed thrombolysis or thrombectomy, three or more Interventional Radiologists (IRs) are involved in PE treatment. Multidisciplinary rapid response teams for PE were available in 40.8% of centres, and included IRs in 91.4%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>IRs are heavily involved in the management of patients with massive and sub-massive pulmonary embolism; further research is mandated to address clinical questions including patient selection and the timing for transcatheter therapies of PE provided by IR.</p>","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"851-856"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12170684/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob Michiels, Maxim Peeters, Martine Uittenbogaart, Rens Oosterveld, Lucas Bloo, Maarten Loos, Lee Bouwman, Roel Janssen, Jan-Willem Elshof, Ozan Yazar
{"title":"Experience with a Large-Bore Vascular Closure Device in Patients Undergoing a Percutaneous Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR): A Multicentre Study.","authors":"Jacob Michiels, Maxim Peeters, Martine Uittenbogaart, Rens Oosterveld, Lucas Bloo, Maarten Loos, Lee Bouwman, Roel Janssen, Jan-Willem Elshof, Ozan Yazar","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04040-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-04040-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is the preferred treatment for infrarenal aortic aneurysms, offering lower perioperative morbidity and mortality compared to open surgery. Common femoral artery (CFA) access can be achieved percutaneously or through surgical cutdown, with a percutaneous approach gaining more and more popularity. The MANTA vascular closure device (VCD), a collagen plug-based device, has shown promising results in transcatheter aortic valve replacement, but data on its use in percutaneous EVAR (pEVAR), particularly in obese patients, remain limited.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This retrospective study included all patients who underwent pEVAR from October 2018 to December 2022 across three Dutch hospitals and in whom the MANTA VCD has been applied. Patient demographics, perioperative characteristics, and clinical outcomes were recorded. Subgroup analysis was performed based on body mass index (BMI), comparing outcomes in obese (BMI ≥ 30) and non-obese (BMI < 30) patients. Technical success and access site complications were primary and secondary outcomes, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 549 patients (mean age 75.16 ± 7.09 years, 88.9% male) were included, with 140 classified as obese. The MANTA VCD was used in 1024 CFAs. Overall technical success, defined as vascular closure with patent CFA, without requiring immediate surgery, was 98%, with a 3.1% complication rate, primarily due to closure failure. In obese patients, technical success was 98.9%, with a 1.5% complication rate, showing comparable outcomes to non-obese patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The MANTA VCD is effective and safe for CFA closure in pEVAR, including in obese patients. Given rising obesity rates, the favorable outcomes in this population are encouraging and suggesting a broader applicability in large-bore percutaneous procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"751-759"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143954593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexis Jacquier, Vania Tacher, Vincent Vidal, Hicham Kobeiter, Alain Luciani, Louis Boyer
{"title":"Response to \"2024 Global Statement Defining Interventional Radiology: Have We Reached the Tipping Point?\"","authors":"Alexis Jacquier, Vania Tacher, Vincent Vidal, Hicham Kobeiter, Alain Luciani, Louis Boyer","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04049-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-04049-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"892-893"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144132220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Shear-Thinning Conformable Embolic for Endovascular Embolization: Is it Ready for Prime Time?","authors":"Kyung Cho","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04064-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-04064-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"894-895"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144132214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timothy M Cooke, Constantinos T Sofocleous, Elena N Petre, Erica S Alexander, Etay Ziv, Stephen B Solomon, Vlasios S Sotirchos
{"title":"Microwave Ablation of Colorectal Pulmonary Metastases Offers Excellent Local Tumor Control and Can Prolong Time Off Chemotherapy.","authors":"Timothy M Cooke, Constantinos T Sofocleous, Elena N Petre, Erica S Alexander, Etay Ziv, Stephen B Solomon, Vlasios S Sotirchos","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04036-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-04036-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate oncologic outcomes after microwave ablation (MWA) of colorectal pulmonary metastases, with focus on disease control without chemotherapy.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This institutional review board-approved retrospective study examined patients with oligometastatic or oligoprogressive colorectal pulmonary metastases undergoing MWA between January 2011 and December 2021. Imaging response was assessed with CT at 4-8 weeks post-MWA, with subsequent cross-sectional follow-up imaging every 2-4 months. Local tumor progression-free survival (LTPFS), chemotherapy-free survival (CFS) and overall survival (OS) were calculated using Kaplan-Meier methodology. Variables were evaluated for predictive significance using the log-rank test and Cox regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two hundred twenty-five patients (127 male, 98 female; median age: 55 years) with 720 pulmonary metastases underwent 400 MWA sessions (mean number of treated metastases per session: 1.8; range 1-9). Mean treated tumor size was 0.9 cm. LTPFS at 1, 2 and 3-years was 91.9%, 85.9% and 81.5%, respectively. Tumors ≥ 1 cm in size, pleural-based tumors and pre-MWA carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels ≥ 10 ng/mL were associated with shorter LTPFS (all P < 0.001). 74.7% (168/225) of patients did not receive chemotherapy for at least two months after the initial MWA. Median CFS was 12 months (95% CI 7.8-16.2) and was significantly prolonged in patients with lung-only disease compared to those with concurrent extrapulmonary disease (34.4 vs. 4.0 months, P < 0.001). Median OS was 47 months (95% CI 36.7-57.3).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>MWA of colorectal pulmonary metastases is associated with high local tumor control rates and can offer prolonged CFS, particularly for patients without concurrent extrapulmonary disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"769-776"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143959655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to Editor on Genicular Artery Embolization Versus Corticosteroid Injection in Knee Osteoarthritis: MOTION Study Protocol.","authors":"Hassan Tariq, Daanyal Siddiqui","doi":"10.1007/s00270-025-04029-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00270-025-04029-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9591,"journal":{"name":"CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology","volume":" ","pages":"881-882"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143981161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}