BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Obtaining safe and effective closure of the femoral access site following neurointerventional procedures can sometimes be challenging, especially in patients on anti-coagulation or anti-platelet therapy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a novel percutaneous closure device that employs a nitinol clip-mediated extravascular closure strate...

Arteriovenous malformations have a wide range of clinical presentations and an unfortunately unpredictable response to both nonsurgical and surgical intervention. The authors report on the surgical treatment of a 19-year-old man with a complex lower extremity arteriovenous malformation, previously unsuccessfully treated with numerous local sclerotherapy and interventional radiology embolization...

Introduction Pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) lead perforations are well described and may cause many complications. Delayed cardiac perforation (DCP) is a less recognized complication of device implantation and is believed to be rare. We present a case of DCP wherein 2 simultaneous ICD lead perforations occurred in the right ventricle (RV) and were overlooked on chest...

Tungsten functional paper (TFP), which contains 80% tungsten by weight, has radiation-shielding properties. We investigated the use of TFP for the protection of operators during interventional or therapeutic angiography. The air kerma rate of scattered radiation from a simulated patient was measured, with and without TFP, using a water-equivalent phantom and fixed C-arm fluoroscopy. Measurement...

This article focuses on Radiology Olympics (www.RadiologyOlympics.com) - a collaboration with the international Radiology community for Radiology education, Radiolopolis (www.Radiolopolis.com). The Radiology Olympics honour the movers and shakers in Radiology education and offer an easy to use platform for educating medical professionals based on Radiology cases.

Medicine Department of Radiology, Keio University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical Dental University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Radiology, Kochi University Hospital Department of Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Diagnostic Radiol...

This article outlines a curriculum for resident education in musculoskeletal radiology that addresses the current requirements for assessment of the general competencies as set forth by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.