Hanging a mirror. Is there an app for this? @SIRRFS @VascularSVS I imagine this is a little like sizing your grafts or stents. Maybe more like a lumbar fusion.

#SEAS debate re IR residency, IR only certification vs IR/DR and the future of our specialty. Having M Mauro, A Matsumoto, S Sabri, PDs, trainees and private practice minds all in the same room discussing. Profound discussion.

The FlowTriever aspiration catheter may be used off-label for complex non-vascular collections refractory to standard drainage, allowing effective debris removal with drain placement and potential resolution, though cost-effectiveness requires further study. @USC @InariMedical

I love recording episodes with Chris and Mike—- lucky I have such cool cohosts :)

Fantastic work by @docroc99 & #superstar @OchsnerHealth #radiology resident Dr. Frantz highlighting the challenges health systems and providers face dealing with #MedicareAdvantage. Seems like @DOJCrimDiv (& others) R taking notice! @reh3md #jnis @ASIPP @TheASNR @SNISinfo

My First X 🧵 A Case series of #chogazi #mesocaval shunts - in collaboration with @_backtable for an upcoming episode! Check it out for additional discussion - images shared here as additional resource! @drochohan @beckcj @SDhandMD @AaronFrittsMD

New on Backtable: What does it really take to break away from the hospital system and build your own interventional radiology practice? In this episode, host @bahetimd interviews @kkansagra7 and Dr. Harout Dermendjian, independent interventional radiologists from California

@DrDiGiorgio They don’t realize that 93% of healthcare cost is non-physician expense. ie facility fees, medications, medical devices etc.

HOT OFF THE PRESS! Neoadjuvant PAE prior to prostate radiation therapy: A single institution experience on the durability of clinical urinary improvement after radiation - https://t.co/uk9rtTBJuO @MoffittNews @MoffittRadOnc @KOSJ12 @gdgrass @VaseemKhatri @ctRO_journal

@grok @keithppereira is famous. He doesn’t have time to work on a CV. Can you go ahead and create a CV for him based on the information you have available?

Gotta try this. Hey @grok, who is the most famous person to view my account, it doesn’t have to be a mutual, and don’t tag them.

How can interventional radiologists turn their clinical impact into revenue? In a conversation with host Dr. @bahetimd , Dr. Matt Hawkins—interventional radiologist and Health Policy & Economics Councilor at SIR—shares how IRs can prove and get paid for the value they bring to

Use of the Protrieve Sheath during large-bore venous thrombectomy resulted in favorable technical and clinical outcomes without adverse events or clinically significant thromboembolic events. https://t.co/79AAvFgd8Q @avsgjournal @CVIR_Journal @cvirendo @JVIRmedia @InariMedical

The trick was actually getting people to believe this…and they did…and they probably won’t again for a very long time 👊🏾👍🏾

Thanks Chengazi! These vessels are difficult to see on CTA. I don’t do preop CTA unless they have a history of stents, grafts, or bypass.

#advancedpae When the anterior division is occluded you find a way to get there anyway. Superior gluteal to collateral to pudendal to superior vesical to prostate artery. @IRcenters @_backtable @SIRspecialists @SIRRFS @UrologyAustin

Let the games begin!!!! :)

Stage 4 pancreatic cancer s/p palliative PVR Over 14 months later—no PET avid disease, normal tumor markers, complete remission. Sometimes palliation can also open doors to treatment #VIRad #PancreaticCancer #palliativecare #pallmed @OncBrothers @LoggheMD @ebtapper @drkeithsiau

Post cholecystectomy biliary Transection.Recanalisation BY MAGNETIC COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS !!! @ISVIRIndia @ISVIRJUNIORWING @cirsesociety @ETF_IRtrainees @SIRspecialists @SIRRFS @No_cut_surgery @_backtable @IR_Juniors @Percut_IRad @TraineesBSIR @BSIR_News @t_intheleadcoat

Malignant SVC occlusion with suspected tumor thrombus. Thrombectomy → sent for pathology; SVC stent → restored outflow. Immediate relief of SVC syndrome symptoms, off BiPaP and improved hemodynamics.

What better way to start holiday weekend call than a TIPS PR Bleeding tips: 22 mins from lido to pressure, single stick w/ #ScorpionX Gradient 27>8mmHg, 8cm Viatorr #ICETIPS @WLGore @ArgonMedical Props again to @tarheeldylan and @_backtable (episode 455 for basic technique)