Monday, 08 Mar 2010

With the International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS) results giving carotid endarterectomy a definite thumbs-up and hammering a few nails in the coffin for carotid artery stenting, the results of the purist trial CREST have long been awaited for either confirmation, or disagreement of results. [more]

Friday, 26 Feb 2010

Interventional radiologists will share scientific advances and new discoveries in treating a host of diseases at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 35th Annual Scientific Meeting 13–18 March,2010 at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa,USA. [more]

Tuesday, 23 Feb 2010

New England Journal of Medicine publishes first study to show minimally invasive interventional radiology approach for end-stage kidney disease patients is “superior” in treating blocked access [more]

Thursday, 18 Feb 2010

GEST Founders and Directors Jafar Golzarian, Ziv Haskal and Marc Sapoval to welcome international audience to the first US edition of the original embolization meeting [more]

Monday, 08 Feb 2010

Iraqi Ministry of Health orders diagnostic imaging equipment worth around $70 million [more]

Monday, 01 Feb 2010

Drug-eluting balloons show better rates of reducing restenosis than standard PTA [more]

Friday, 29 Jan 2010

AngioDynamics and renowned interventional nephrologist Stephen Ash are bringing to market an evolution of split-tip dialysis catheters, Centros, featuring Curved Tip Catheter Technology [more]

Friday, 22 Jan 2010

Riccardo Lencioni, principal investigator, previews new liver cancer study hqTACE in a proposed international clinical trial currently under FDA review. [more]

Thursday, 21 Jan 2010

A new minimally invasive therapy using radiofrequency ablation to short circuit nerves in the kidney arteries shows promise in treating uncontrolled hypertension [more]

Tuesday, 19 Jan 2010

Women who are at risk of lower-leg amputation fare even better than men when they have minimally invasive treatment to open up the blocked arteries [more]

Monday, 18 Jan 2010

Boston Scientific Corporation has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in a clinical trial to evaluate its WallFlex biliary RX fully covered stent for the treatment of benign bile duct strictures [more]

Tuesday, 12 Jan 2010

Preliminary results at six-month follow-up, presented by Marc Bosiers at the VEITHsymposium showed that drug-eluting stents had a higher primary patency rate in below-the-knee critical limb ischaemia lesions in comparison with bare metal stents [more]

Tuesday, 12 Jan 2010

Thomas A Sos, a well-known interventional radiologist from New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell, New York, USA, critiqued the STAR and ASTRAL trials at the recently held VEITHsymposium, in New York. [more]

Friday, 15 Jan 2010

The question of how to treat asymptomatic carotid stenosis patients took centre stage at the VEITHsymposium, in New York, USA, in November 2009. [more]

Friday, 08 Jan 2010

ev3 announced that a voluntary Class I recall of the TrailBlazer Support Catheter was completed in December 2009, and all affected units are in the company’s possession. [more]

Wednesday, 06 Jan 2010

New options provide physicians with a comprehensive product line from a single source [more]

Tuesday, 15 Dec 2009

High performance hydrophilic guidewire seeks to be “best in class” for use in complex percutaneous interventions [more]

Wednesday, 02 Dec 2009

Catheter-directed therapy should be considered a first-line treatment option for massive blood clots in the lungs, according to study of nearly 600 patients in Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology [more]

Monday, 30 Nov 2009

Using mannequins to teach doctors-in-training how to do ultrasound-guided procedures is an effective way to improve their skills without compromising patient care and safety, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital. [more]

Monday, 23 Nov 2009

Complete portfolio of the company’s WallFlex stent family of self-expanding metal stents now available in US, Europe and other international markets [more]