#iRad can save #transplants! Read about our experience with #physician-modified stent grafts for #transplant #pseudoaneurysms in @CVIR_Journal https://t.co/XH9fpYF7ho #endovascular @NewcastleHosps

The New Medical Mistake: A bot just wrote your procedure note and confessed to a complication you never had. Are you thinking?: "No big deal, I always review my notes before signing them" Exactly. That's what makes this dangerous. Here's what's different: You're no longer

When Pulmonary Thrombectomy Doesn't Go As Expected Pulmonary embolism still claims too many lives. Aspiration thrombectomy may offer hope for improved outcomes, with trials so far showing promising results. But there's a challenge. With all the published success of these

When 99.9% Isn't Enough "The CT scanner is down." Five words that can halt an entire hospital. Among calls about clinical cases, I increasingly field another type of question —equipment purchasing dilemmas. "Which IR system should we buy?" "Is this ultrasound machine any

When treating complex vascular conditions, visualization isn’t optional—it’s everything. Not all vascular procedures are created equal. While some follow predictable pathways, balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) exists in

"This Doesn't Feel Right" The wire advances smoothly on the monitor. The path looks right. The position seems perfect. But something in your fingers tells you otherwise. "Image-guided therapy" has become a popular term. But as any specialist performing these procedures knows,

Credit to @noamscheiber for the original article "At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work":

This is one of my worries about AI. The doctor becomes the 'checker.' Medicine can learn from other fields and avoid the 'Checker' trap I've been following what's happening in tech (see this week's The New York Times article- link in comments), where AI is transforming

"I'm Sorry, the AI Got it Wrong": A New Era of Doctor-Patient Conversations The future of medicine is exciting but uncertain. AI-driven diagnostics, hybrid analysis, entirely new workflows—however, as medicine evolves, one truth stands out: Communication is about to change

When your patient has 12 medications, 4 specialists, and 1 simple wish. Geriatric patients can be among the most complex cases we see in medicine. And their numbers are growing rapidly globally. Interventional radiology offers unique advantages for frail elderly patients. But

Toronto's Medical Innovation Legacy: A Century of Breakthroughs In 1921, Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin at the University of Toronto, transforming the care of diabetes. A century later, Toronto's Discovery District hosts teams developing genomic

The Medicine of Elsewhere Medicine doesn't speak Swedish. Or English. Or Mandarin. It speaks human. A common experience that isn't confined by national or cultural identity. And yet, medicine is sometimes approached as if geographic boundaries set the limits of how we

Behind Every Medical Paper is a Story Most Patients Never Hear I've published dozens of medical papers, but the stories behind why we wrote them often contain valuable insights that complement the published findings themselves. Here's what I wish every patient knew about the

I've been reflecting on what constitutes success in medicine. While technical excellence and low complication rates are crucial metrics we all strive for, I've found myself increasingly valuing something else alongside these traditional measures. True success isn't just about

❗️The Interventional Radiology Upgrade We’ve Been Waiting For Is Finally Here! 🔊watch at a high volume for a truly immersive experience Watch the full video➡️ https://t.co/sEZFjYjFjC @CanonMedical @HeidiSchmidtRad @SebastianMafeld @UofTMedIm @SIRspecialists @levchukagency

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Interventional Radiologists are dependent on equipment to perform procedures. ❌What happens when angiography equipment fails❓ Here are the lessons relevant to interventional radiology departments around the world https://t.co/rbANjGzqfQ

What if chatGPT could make you a better interventional radiologist? ⚡   Uncover these game-changing prompts that make it possible   Keep reading 👇   📝 Procedure Overview   “Provide a detailed overview of the [insert procedure] in interventional radiology. Include indications,

1/6 📢 ✨Reporting 90-day results from the STRIKE-PE study on Pulmonary Thrombectomy with the Indigo Aspiration System for acute pulmonary embolism (PE), in @JVIRmedia! Great to see QOL Data too! 👍 Let's break down the key findings! 🫁 #PulmonaryEmbolism #Radiology #PE

#iRads prepare yourself for #AI in #IR. Two papers in @CanRadJournal including a #checklist for deployment of AI and a peak into #IR in 2050! @judywawira https://t.co/KYMZh76044 and https://t.co/OxpkwerMEf @SIRspecialists @CVIR_Journal #SIR24SLC