interventional radiology

New paper outlines growing role of interventional radiology in liver cancer treatment

Interventional radiologists (IRs) provide patients with primary and secondary liver cancer with high-quality, high-impact care in a more cost-efficient way than other specialties, according to a study published online in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology today. The study, funded by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), reviewed Medicare data from 2016–2021 covering approximately […]

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Two imaging techniques equally as effective to guide complex stenting

Optical coherence tomography was noninferior to intravascular ultrasound to guide stenting in patients with left main coronary artery disease, according to results presented in a Hot Line session at ESC Congress 2026.[1]  Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent implantation is used to treat narrowed coronary arteries. The left main coronary artery supplies most of the blood to […]

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Nonsurgical procedure provides lasting relief for knee pain

Embolisation of abnormal blood vessels using rapidly resorbable gelatine-based microspheres is safe and provides significant, lasting pain relief and functional improvement for patients with osteoarthritis-related knee pain, according to a new study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. It causes inflammation, stiffness, […]

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