2024
Criteria for PAVM Reintervention
Fish A, Knight E, Henderson K, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Criteria for PAVM Reintervention. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2024, 13: 6104. PMID: 39458055, PMCID: PMC11508501, DOI: 10.3390/jcm13206104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParadoxical embolismRetrospective review of patientsReview of patientsModern embolization techniquesRetrospective reviewEmbolization techniquesReinterventionScreening intervalEmbolizationLifetime prevalence ratesPatientsRecurrencePAVMsHemoptysisSpontaneous eventsPrevalence ratesCenters of excellenceReperfusionCriteriaPulmonary Angiography: Arteriovenous Malformation and Pseudoaneurysm
Luhar A, Pollak J. Pulmonary Angiography: Arteriovenous Malformation and Pseudoaneurysm. 2024, 311-324. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52546-9_25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary arteriovenous malformationsRight-to-left shuntHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaTransient ischemic attackChest painSize of pulmonary arteriovenous malformationsAssociated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaDegree of right-to-left shuntingTreatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformationsAssociated with paradoxical emboliIntrapulmonary right-to-left shuntFeeding artery diameterPulmonary artery pseudoaneurysmLocal mass effectBrain abscessPeripheral emboliIntrapulmonary hemorrhageArteriovenous malformationsHemorrhagic telangiectasiaSymptomatic hypoxemiaPulmonary arterySerious complicationsEndovascular treatmentArtery pseudoaneurysmParadoxical emboliRecurrence of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation after Embolization in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
Fish A, Wang D, Knight E, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Recurrence of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation after Embolization in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2024, 35: 1148-1153. PMID: 38692392, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2024.04.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary arteriovenous malformationsPulmonary hypertensionArteriovenous malformationsRecurrence of pulmonary arteriovenous malformationsFollow-upChest CT follow-upPresence of pulmonary hypertensionCT follow-upShorter surveillance intervalsPulmonary artery pressureHistory of smokingPresence of PHCuracao criteriaSurveillance intervalsSmoking historyArterial pressureMultivariate analysisRecurrenceGenetic testingOdds ratioHypertensionPatientsStratified analysisGeneral demographicsStudy periodBrain AVM compactness score in children with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Beslow L, Vossough A, Kim H, Nelson J, Lawton M, Pollak J, Lin D, Ratjen F, Hammill A, Hetts S, Gossage J, Whitehead K, Faughnan M, Krings T. Brain AVM compactness score in children with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Child's Nervous System 2024, 40: 2101-2108. PMID: 38517485, PMCID: PMC11179972, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-024-06366-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain arteriovenous malformationsSporadic brain arteriovenous malformationsHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaHemorrhagic riskHemorrhagic telangiectasiaBrain arteriovenous malformation treatmentBrain vascular malformationsCompact nidusSurgical resectionArteriovenous malformationsIntracranial hemorrhageVascular malformationsRecurrence riskResultsForty-eightInterventional neuroradiologistsAngiographic measurementsHemorrhageNidusAngiogramMalformationsRecurrenceTelangiectasiaRiskChildrenBrain
2023
Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms: a single-center experience of endovascular occlusion
Fish A, Sailer A, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms: a single-center experience of endovascular occlusion. CVIR Endovascular 2023, 6: 60. PMID: 38041788, PMCID: PMC10693537, DOI: 10.1186/s42155-023-00411-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMechanical Thrombectomy for High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Insights From the US Cohort of the FLASH Registry
Horowitz J, Jaber W, Stegman B, Rosenberg M, Fanola C, Bhat A, Gondi S, Castle J, Ahmed M, Brown M, Amin R, Bisharat M, Butros P, DuCoffe A, Savin M, Pollak J, Weinberg M, Brancheau D, Toma C, Investigators F. Mechanical Thrombectomy for High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Insights From the US Cohort of the FLASH Registry. Journal Of The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2023, 3: 101124. PMID: 39131977, PMCID: PMC11307390, DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.101124.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-risk pulmonary embolismMajor adverse eventsPulmonary embolismMechanical thrombectomyAdverse eventsUS cohortProcedure-related adverse eventsAcute mortalityDepressed cardiac indexDevice-related mortalityRisk pulmonary embolismSubset of patientsSystolic blood pressureFurther prospective dataMin/m2Intensive care unitElevated lactate levelsComers registryFlowTriever SystemMajor bleedingCardiac indexCardiology guidelinesAcute outcomesBlood pressureCare unitTwenty-Seven-Year Retrospective Review of Hemoptysis from Systemic Collaterals Following Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Embolization
Fish A, Chan S, Pollak J, Schlachter T. Twenty-Seven-Year Retrospective Review of Hemoptysis from Systemic Collaterals Following Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Embolization. CardioVascular And Interventional Radiology 2023, 46: 670-674. PMID: 37052715, DOI: 10.1007/s00270-023-03435-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGelatin sponge slurrySystemic collateralsAdverse eventsTreatment outcomesPulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) embolizationMajor adverse eventsRecurrence of hemoptysisYear retrospective reviewArteriovenous malformation embolizationIncidence of hemoptysisHHT CenterArtery reperfusionICU admissionRight shuntingSystemic embolizationMassive hemoptysisRecurrent hemoptysisSurgical resectionMethodsThe recordsSubsequent patientsClinical featuresEndovascular treatmentMultifocal diseaseRetrospective reviewSecond patientAcute outcomes for the full US cohort of the FLASH mechanical thrombectomy registry in pulmonary embolism.
Toma C, Jaber W, Weinberg M, Bunte M, Khandhar S, Stegman B, Gondi S, Chambers J, Amin R, Leung D, Kado H, Brown M, Sarosi M, Bhat A, Castle J, Savin M, Siskin G, Rosenberg M, Fanola C, Horowitz J, Pollak J. Acute outcomes for the full US cohort of the FLASH mechanical thrombectomy registry in pulmonary embolism. EuroIntervention 2023, 18: 1201-1212. PMID: 36349702, PMCID: PMC9936254, DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-22-00732.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk PEDevice-related deathsPulmonary artery pressureMajor adverse eventsAdverse eventsMechanical thrombectomyFlowTriever SystemArtery pressureUS cohortLarge real-world populationMean pulmonary artery pressureImmediate haemodynamic improvementIntraprocedural adverse eventsPrimary safety endpointRight ventricle/Favorable safety profileIntensive care unitPulmonary embolism treatmentReal-world populationDyspnoea improvementHaemodynamic improvementMajor bleedingRisk PECardiac indexCause mortality
2019
03:45 PM Abstract No. 117 Quantitative baseline imaging biomarkers for Yttrium-90 distribution on bremsstrahlung SPECT and tumor response prediction after radioembolization
Schobert I, Chapiro J, Nezami N, Hamm C, Gebauer B, Lin M, Pollak J, Saperstein L, Schlachter T, Savic L. 03:45 PM Abstract No. 117 Quantitative baseline imaging biomarkers for Yttrium-90 distribution on bremsstrahlung SPECT and tumor response prediction after radioembolization. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2019, 30: s55. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.12.164.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Pulmonary Angiography: Arteriovenous Malformation and Pseudoaneurysm
Pollak J. Pulmonary Angiography: Arteriovenous Malformation and Pseudoaneurysm. 2018, 247-257. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71300-7_22.BooksPulmonary arteriovenous malformationsHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaArteriovenous malformationsLarge pulmonary arteriovenous malformationPulmonary artery pseudoaneurysmCommon presenting symptomCentral nervous systemUntreated pulmonary arteriovenous malformationsSeptic emboliPresenting symptomPulmonary hypertensionArtery pseudoaneurysmCommon complicationParadoxical embolizationRare manifestationPulmonary arteryPulmonary veinsStent graftTreatment optionsArterial supplyLocal infectionMucocutaneous surfacesAbnormal vesselsHemorrhagic telangiectasiaGastrointestinal tractTHREE TYPES OF INTRAHEPATIC SHUNTS PRESENTING IN A SINGLE PATIENT WITH HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA
Brandt E, Haghighat L, Garcia-Tsao G, Henderson K, Pollak J, Proctor D, Young L. THREE TYPES OF INTRAHEPATIC SHUNTS PRESENTING IN A SINGLE PATIENT WITH HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2018, 71: a2393. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(18)32934-6.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2017
Clinical Significance of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Reperfusion
Kaufman C, Henderson K, Pollak J. Clinical Significance of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Reperfusion. Journal Of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2017, 01: 156-160. DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1604096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSymptomatic patientsClinical significancePulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) embolizationTime of diagnosisPulmonary arteriovenous malformationsTime of embolizationTime of presentationArteriovenous malformation embolizationHHT CenterInitial embolizationMedical comorbiditiesRetrospective reviewClinical historySevere manifestationsPAVM embolizationArteriovenous malformationsInitial procedureEmbolization proceduresTreatment periodEmbolizationPatientsMild manifestationsReperfusionSymptomsPAVMs
2016
Image-Guided Transvesicular Drainage of Pelvic Fluid Collections: A Safe and Effective Alternative Approach
Ayyagari RR, Yeh C, Arici M, Mojibian H, Reiner E, Pollak JS. Image-Guided Transvesicular Drainage of Pelvic Fluid Collections: A Safe and Effective Alternative Approach. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2016, 27: 689-693. PMID: 27106643, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary Vascular Malformations.
Pollak JS. Pulmonary Vascular Malformations. In: Kandarpa K, Machan L, Durham J (eds). Handbook of Interventional Radiology, 5th edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2016; 215-223.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Hemorrhage Rates From Brain Arteriovenous Malformation in Patients With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Kim H, Nelson J, Krings T, terBrugge K, McCulloch C, Lawton M, Young W, Faughnan M, Chakinala M, Gossage J, Henderson K, Iyer V, Kasthuri R, Lin D, Mager J, McWilliams J, McDonald J, Pawlikowska L, Pollak J, Ratjen F, Swanson K, Vethanayagam D, White A, White R, Wilcox P. Hemorrhage Rates From Brain Arteriovenous Malformation in Patients With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Stroke 2015, 46: 1362-1364. PMID: 25858236, PMCID: PMC4415515, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.114.007367.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAneurysm, RupturedChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIntracranial Arteriovenous MalformationsIntracranial HemorrhagesMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsSurvival AnalysisTelangiectasia, Hereditary HemorrhagicYoung AdultConceptsHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaBrain arteriovenous malformationsICH rateArteriovenous malformationsHemorrhage rateHemorrhagic telangiectasiaHigher ICH ratesIntracranial hemorrhage rateMajority of patientsICH presentationSymptomatic casesSystemic diseaseICH eventsMean ageAsymptomatic screeningMucocutaneous telangiectasiaHHT patientsHigh riskUnruptured casesPatientsMalformationsDiagnosisTelangiectasiaRehemorrhageEpistaxis
2014
3:30 PM; Abstract No. 71 Efficacy of prophylactic intravenous cefazolin in prevention of early infections after pull-through gastrostomy tube placements
Popov V, Quencer K, Storm D, Michalski M, Pollak J, Arici M. 3:30 PM; Abstract No. 71 Efficacy of prophylactic intravenous cefazolin in prevention of early infections after pull-through gastrostomy tube placements. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2014, 25: s38. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.12.093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: Diagnosis and Management.
Pollak JS, Henderson K, White RI Jr. Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: Diagnosis and Management. In: Mauro MA, Murphy KPJ, Thomson KR, Venbrux AC, Morgan RA (eds). Image-guided Interventions, Second Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders, 2014: 606-612.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Endovascular treatment for varices and variceal hemorrhage associated with portal hypertension: A pictorial review
Ibrahim S, Pollak J, Aruny J, Amirbekian S, Arici M, Mojibian H, Ayyagari R, Reiner E. Endovascular treatment for varices and variceal hemorrhage associated with portal hypertension: A pictorial review. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2013, 24: 1081. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.05.017.Peer-Reviewed Educational MaterialsConsider the Perspectives
Pollak JS. Consider the Perspectives. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 2013, 47: s43-s46. PMID: 23632350, DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0b013e31828be6f0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadiofrequency ablationGood local tumor controlLimited tumor burdenSignificant survival benefitGood liver functionLocal tumor controlYttrium-90 microspheresDrug-eluting beadsEligible patientsConservative managementSurgical resectionSurvival benefitTransarterial therapiesLocal therapyLow morbidityAppropriate tumorRegional therapyTumor burdenLiver functionParticle embolizationTumor controlHepatocellular carcinomaMedical optionsSide effectsMajor treatmentEducational Exhibit Abstract No. 299 Endovascular treatment for varices and variceal hemorrhage associated with portal hypertension: a pictorial review
Ibrahim S, Pollak J, Aruny J, Amirbekian S, Arici M, Mojibian H, Ayyagari R, Reiner E. Educational Exhibit Abstract No. 299 Endovascular treatment for varices and variceal hemorrhage associated with portal hypertension: a pictorial review. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2013, 24: s132. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.01.324.Peer-Reviewed Educational MaterialsTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntPortal hypertensionInvasive treatment optionTreatment optionsVariceal hemorrhagePortal pressureManagement of PHPartial splenic embolizationDevelopment of varicesEndovascular treatment optionsCollateral venous pathwaysElevated portal pressureIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntRetrograde transvenous obliterationSplenic embolizationEndovascular treatmentClinical manifestationsPortosystemic shuntTransvenous obliterationEndovascular interventionVenous pathwaysPictorial reviewInterventional radiologistsVaricesEmbolic agent