2019
Comparing HCC arterial tumour vascularisation on baseline imaging and after lipiodol cTACE: how do estimations of enhancing tumour volumes differ on contrast-enhanced MR and CT?
Luedemann WM, Geisel D, Gebauer B, Schnapauff D, Chapiro J, Wieners G, Steffen I, Kahn J. Comparing HCC arterial tumour vascularisation on baseline imaging and after lipiodol cTACE: how do estimations of enhancing tumour volumes differ on contrast-enhanced MR and CT? European Radiology 2019, 30: 1601-1608. PMID: 31811428, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-019-06430-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLipiodol depositionNative CT scansTumor volumeTumour vascularisationTechnical successHCC patientsCE-CTCT scanDifferent imaging modalitiesImaging modalitiesContrast-enhanced CTContrast-enhanced MRPearson correlation coefficientBaseline imagingSubgroup analysisRespective regression coefficientsCT groupLinear regression analysisCE-MRICE-MRVascularisationCTContrast phasesPatientsCTACEProstatic Artery Embolization in Nonindex Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patients: Single-center Outcomes for Urinary Retention and Gross Prostatic Hematuria
Ayyagari R, Powell T, Staib L, Chapiro J, Perez-Lozada JC, Bhatia S, Chai T, Schoenberger S, Devito R. Prostatic Artery Embolization in Nonindex Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patients: Single-center Outcomes for Urinary Retention and Gross Prostatic Hematuria. Urology 2019, 136: 212-217. PMID: 31734349, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2019.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstatic artery embolizationBenign prostatic hyperplasia patientsProstatic hyperplasia patientsInternational Prostate Symptom ScoreProstatic hematuriaHyperplasia patientsUrinary retentionArtery embolizationPostvoid residualHematuria patientsSingle-center outcomesUrinary retention patientsClavien-Dindo classificationProstate Symptom ScoreQuality of lifeTransfusion rateGross hematuriaSH patientsUrinary infectionBladder irrigationGH patientsSymptom scoresUR patientsBladder tumorsDurable treatmentCase-Control Comparison of Conventional End-Hole versus Balloon-Occlusion Microcatheter Prostatic Artery Embolization for Treatment of Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Ayyagari R, Powell T, Staib L, Chapiro J, Schoenberger S, Devito R, Pollak J. Case-Control Comparison of Conventional End-Hole versus Balloon-Occlusion Microcatheter Prostatic Artery Embolization for Treatment of Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2019, 30: 1459-1470. PMID: 31375451, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.05.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstatic artery embolizationBenign prostatic hyperplasiaEH groupArtery embolizationSymptomatic improvementAdverse eventsProstatic hyperplasiaInternational Prostate Symptom Score improvementTrial successSymptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasiaBO groupContrast material useProstatic artery anatomySymptom score improvementAdverse event ratesProcedural metricsResidual improvementCase-control comparisonClinical improvementRetrospective reviewArtery anatomyMicrocatheter selectionContrast materialScore improvementEvent rates
2016
Imaging Biomarkers of Tumor Response in Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases Treated with Transarterial Chemoembolization: Can Enhancing Tumor Burden of the Whole Liver Help Predict Patient Survival?
Sahu S, Schernthaner R, Ardon R, Chapiro J, Zhao Y, Sohn JH, Fleckenstein F, Lin M, Geschwind JF, Duran R. Imaging Biomarkers of Tumor Response in Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases Treated with Transarterial Chemoembolization: Can Enhancing Tumor Burden of the Whole Liver Help Predict Patient Survival? Radiology 2016, 283: 160838. PMID: 27831830, PMCID: PMC5425309, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016160838.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuroendocrine liver metastasesWorld Health OrganizationContrast material-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imagesFirst TACE procedureResponse Evaluation CriteriaKaplan-Meier curvesTreatment response biomarkersTransarterial chemoembolization proceduresInstitutional review boardFirst TACELiver methodLiver metastasesIndependent predictorsTumor burdenRetrospective studyTACE proceduresCox regressionOnly biomarkerSurvival differencesChemoembolization proceduresTreatment responseResponse biomarkersPatientsSolid tumorsNormal liver