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Aortitis includes conditions with infectious or non-infectious etiology, characterized by inflammatory changes in one or more layers in aortic wall. Age at onset, geographic predilections, distribution and pattern of involvement in aorta, its branches and pulmonary arteries, and systemic associations provide a clue to etiology. Clinical presentatio...
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Background and AimsIrreversible electroporation (IRE) is a non-thermal ablation technique for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) not amenable to standard thermal ablation. The aim of this study was to report our longer-term outcomes using this treatment modality.MethodWe identified all patients at our institution who underwent IRE for HCC ...
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IntroductionTo evaluate the long-term outcome of image-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) when treating histologically confirmed colorectal lung metastasis in terms of overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and local tumour control (LTC).Materials and MethodsRetrospective single-centre study. Consecutive RFA treatments of histolog...
Published in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
Published in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
ObjectiveTo evaluate yttrium-90 (Y90) radioembolization outcomes across Child–Pugh scores in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Materials and MethodsFrom April 2005 to December 2018, 106 consecutive patients with BCLC Stage C HCC who underwent Y90 radioembolization were retrospectively analyzed. Exclusion criteria included additi...
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PurposeTo assess the efficacy of percutaneous techniques in managing paediatric liver transplantation complications.Material and MethodsWe carried out 105 paediatric cadaveric donor liver transplantations at our centre from 2001 to 2018. Percutaneous techniques were used to treat 25 cases involving transplantation complications in 23 patients. Bili...
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PurposeTo investigate the technical feasibility, safety and clinical outcomes of coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration II (CARTO-II) for gastric varices (GV).Materials and MethodsThirty-six consecutive patients who had undergone CARTO-II between June 2016 and April 2018 were included in the study. In the CARTO procedure, coil embolizati...
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IntroductionTo evaluate the long-term consolidation of vertebral metastases (VM) after preventive vertebroplasty (PV) and to report risk factors of pathological fracture despite PV.Materials and MethodsFiles of 100 consecutives cancer patients referred for PV of VM were retrospectively analyzed. We enumerated 215 VM at the time of the PV procedure ...
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PurposeThe global population of the aged is escalating. The need of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients older than 80 years is on the rise. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the safety and the prognosis of TACE in octogenarians with HCC.Materials and MethodsFrom January 2007 to J...
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BackgroundEndovascular stents are commonly used during neurointerventional procedures; however, the concomitant use of dual anti-platelet treatment (DAPT) can limit their use. There is a need to develop stent coatings that mitigate requirement for DAPT.MethodsThe hydrophilic polymer coating is a novel glycan-based multilayer polymer that inhibits p...
