Guidelines are unanimous;

For look risk procedures like paracentesis we need not check INR and should not give FFP

Liver, gastroenterology, hematology, and interventional radiology societies agree

So why the variation in managing “the cirrhotic coagulopathy”?

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SIO is proud to announce the invited faculty for the 2024 Y90 Master Class! Join us for this two-day, in-person course diving into the latest Y90 radioembolization advancements.

Explore the program and register before seats fill up: sio-central.org/Events/Y90-Mas…

Reporting on first like radioembolization for cholangiocarcinoma BIDMC Interventional Radiology Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation

Fantastic presentations by BIDMC Interventional Radiology trainees and students.

BIDMC Liver Tumor Program is excited to host the 4th Annual Liver Tumor Multidisciplinary Symposium tomorrow March 19, 2024! If you would like to attend virtually please email [email protected] for the link.

#LiverHealth #livertumor #livercancer #livercancer treatment

A lot of hard work by an amazing team. Proud to be part of this initiative to provide access to life saving transplant BIDMCTransplant
Why wait?

Get ready for two days of dedicated Y90 education! Join SIO for the Y90 Master Class, 6-7 June, at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center. Thank you to course directors, Edward Kim, MD, FSIR, and Ammar Sarwar, MD, FSIR! View the invited faculty: bit.ly/3VapPke

SIO is pleased to offer an Early Career Scholarship for the Y90 Master Class, 6-7 June, at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center. Benefits include two nights of hotel, free registration & SIO membership. #IO #Y90 #IR . Apply by 31 March:

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Presenting the 4th Annual Liver Tumor Multidisciplinary Symposium from the BIDMC Liver Tumor Program!

March 19th, 2024 5:30-9:30PM EST
@ the Sheraton Needham Hotel

Please scan the QR code below to register!

#livertwitter #livertumor

Portal hypertension: An increase in pressure gradient in any segment of the portal venous system. It is classified on the basis of the site of increased vascular resistance: extrahepatic or intrahepatic. nej.md/3UG0myN

💻Join us tonight for the 2024 Annual #Coding Webinar at 7 p.m. ET! In addition to getting coding updates, upon completion of the webinar, attendees will get 1 credit or a participation certificate that can be converted into 1 RCCB CEU credit. #IRad brnw.ch/21wGK3f

Fantastic time at SIO. Great time teaching and learning with Nima Kokabi MD @zachberman

#Medicare cuts to providers went into effect on Jan. 1. This needs to be addressed ASAP. READ our letter to Congress. bit.ly/3vD0CEf

Proud to be the #1 liver transplant center in the region with a record number of transplants performed in 2023! Our dedicated team is committed to providing top-notch care to every patient. #LiverTransplant #TransplantCenter #LeadingTheWay BIDMCTransplant BIDMC_GI United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

Prostatic artery embolization is the most cost-effective minimally invasive therapy for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. UCSF IR UCSF Imaging Xiao Wu Michael Heller bit.ly/41iXXeB

Findings from this large national sample support a potential role of thermal ablation or transarterial radioembolization for achieving complete pathologic necrosis of hepatocellular carcinoma measuring 3 cm or smaller.
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Thought I would share some insights about how I respond to reviewers comments, to date I've done this over 100 times successfully.

The review process is flawed, we all know it. But, we have to live with it if we want to play the publishing game.

Point 1: I always read the…

One of our rockstar HMS medical students, Nicole Kim, in front of her #RSNA23 Scientific Poster on Time-driven Activity-based Costing in Uterine Artery Embolization. Excellent work, Nicole!

Publication alert!!! Implications of IR Being a Primary Specialty on the Professional Organizational Relationship between Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology jvir.org/article/S1051-… Society of Interventional Radiology

And women in their 40s who live in 🇨🇦 provinces that don’t screen till 50 are less likely to be diagnosed with stage 1 cancer, and more likely to be diagnosed with stage 2, 3 and 4 cancers than women in their 50s in the same province.