BackTable Vascular and Interventional

GAE is done worldwide for a reason. After the latest sham-controlled trial, Dr. Osman Ahmed (@TheRealDoctorOs), Dr. Ally Baheti (@bahetimd) , and Dr. Ahmed Farag explain why the right patients and good technique still deliver real-world results. This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Guerbet. Watch the full episode on the BackTable App: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… #VI691 #MSK123 #GenicularArteryEmbolization #MSKEmbolization #InterventionalRadiology @kavikrishVIR @SIRspecialists

Months of fiber and banding, then the hardest recovery in surgery. Dr. Kristen Rumer (@RumerMDPhD) and Dr. Scott Thompson break down the treatment ladder for bleeding hemorrhoids, when to call conservative care failed, and why HAE is changing what’s possible for patients who cannot face excision. Watch the full episode here: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by Terumo Interventional Systems. #VI684 #HemorrhoidEmbolization #Hemorrhoidectomy #ColorectalSurgery #InterventionalRadiology #Hemorrhoids @bahetimd @MayoRadiology @SDhandMD

A prospective, multicenter, randomized trial in patients who were not radioembolization candidates, with the angiographic endpoint read by an independent core lab. Freedom from major adverse events at thirty days, stasis of flow against standard of care, how often a single agent was enough, and repeat embolization out to ninety days and beyond all come up as Dr. Resmi Charalel (@Resmi_Charalel) walks through the design and the published numbers. Watch the full episode with Drs. Milan Patel, Resmi Charalel, Venkatesh Krishnasamy (@kavikrishVIR) on the BackTable app: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by Instylla (@instylla). #VI682 #ClinicalTrials #Embolization #InterventionalOncology #IRad @kavikrishVIR @UABVascular @MontefioreRAD @UTMDAnderson

Going from hours-long open thrombectomies to 30 or 40 minute endovascular cases has made a temporary flow arrest easy to tolerate, says Dr. Khanjan Nagarsheth (@KNagarshethMD). He and Dr. Shang Loh then work through Dr. Sabeen Dhand's (@SDhandMD) next scenario, an occluded common femoral and iliac segment, and explain when they still prefer a cut down or lysis. Watch the full episode here: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by Stryker Peripheral Vascular. #VI625 #AcuteLimbIschemia #VascularSurgery #Thrombolysis #EndovascularSurgery @HarborUCLA @SLUVascular @PennRadiology

The hardest moment in a liquid case is the one where you still cannot see the embolic. Dr. Kavi Krishnasamy (@kavikrishVIR) shows Dr. Tyler Sandow (@bayouteazy) and Dr. Gary Siskin (@gsiskin) a roadmap mask that subtracts the field and makes the first drop, and any reflux along the catheter, visible. They discuss where motion defeats it and the dead space arithmetic that tells you when to start looking. Watch the full episode here: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Sirtex and Guerbet. #VI679 #InterventionalRadiology #LiquidEmbolics #Embolization #IRad #MedEd @UABVascular @OchsnerHealth

Is genicular artery embolization (GAE) ready to be called standard of care? Dr. Anuj Malhotra (@Anuj_MalhotraMD), Dr. Ally Baheti (@bahetimd), and moderator Dr. Osman Ahmed (@TheRealDoctorOs) weigh the evidence, society guidance, and orthopedic partnerships behind it. This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Guerbet. Watch the full episode on the BackTable App: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… #VI690 #MSK122 #GenicularArteryEmbolization #MSKEmbolization #InterventionalRadiology @UABRadiology @nyuVIR @kavikrishVIR

You removed the clot and the pulmonary artery pressure did not move. Does that mean the procedure failed? Dr. Jay Giri (@jaygirimd) and Dr. Julie Bulman (@juliecbulman) join Dr. Chris Beck (@beckcj) to explain why PA pressure is pulled in several directions, what clinical signals to trust, and how focusing on real patient improvement leads to better outcomes. Access the full episode in the BackTable app: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by Endovascular Engineering. #VI677 #CV53 #PE #Thrombectomy #ClinicalTrials #PulmonaryHypertension @PennMedicine @PERTConsortium @BIDMCVIR

These patients get worse before they get better, and everyone touching them needs to know it. Dr. Ripal Gandhi and Dr. Anahita Dua (@AnahitaDua) join Dr. Chris Beck (@beckcj) on counseling patients and referring physicians after deep venous arterialization. They discuss the pain and swelling that are expected rather than alarming, the drop-off around thirty days, and why the handoff back to the treating team matters as much as the case. Access the full episode in the BackTable app: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by Stryker Peripheral Vascular. #VI674 #DVA #CLTI #LimbSalvage #WoundCare #VascularSurgery @BaptistHealthSF @MGHVascular

The terminal branch looked clean until the catheter moved back and the bleed erupted. With no way to recross, Dr. Siskin used a liquid embolic to reach the distal target. Dr. Gary Siskin speaks with Dr. Alexander Misono (@MisonoVIR) and Dr. Ally Baheti (@bahetimd) about his protocol for GDA embolization, coil scaffolding, and the fine line between success and reflux. Watch the full episode here: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Sirtex and Guerbet. #VI683 #GIBleed #Embolization #LiquidEmbolics #InterventionalRadiology #Angiography @AlbanyMed @hoaghealth @SIRspecialists @beckcj @SDhandMD

Saving the best for last ✨ Now that you’ve heard their clinical takes, meet the voices behind our CIRSE 2026 interviews in Copenhagen! 🇩🇰 @JafarGolzarian @MinaMakaryMD @kavikrishVIR @TheRealDoctorOs @ptdoodles @AaronFrittsMD @cirsesociety @ETF_IRtrainees @nickprus_ @uab_ir @OSURadiology

Plantar fasciitis and insertional Achilles tendinopathy can drag on for years, and the heel is one place where steroids are used cautiously. Dr. Ally Baheti (@bahetimd), Dr. Osman Ahmed (@TheRealDoctorOs) , and Dr. Anuj Malhotra (@Anuj_MalhotraMD) compare access, embolics, endpoints, and outcomes for foot and ankle embolization, with cameos from Dr. Kavi Krishnasamy (@kavikrishVIR) and Dr. Ahmed Farag. This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Guerbet. Watch the full episode on the BackTable App: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… #VI689 #MSK121 #PlantarFasciitis #AchillesTendinopathy #MSKEmbolization #InterventionalRadiology @UABRadiology @NYUImaging @SIRspecialists

Unlike prostate or fibroid embolization, GAE is a procedure that often helps surgeons rather than competes with them. Dr. Amin Astani and Dr. Anish Ghodadra (@AGhodadraMD) join Dr. Kavi Krishnasamy (@kavikrishVIR) to share why repeated education and engagement matter, how to position GAE as a helpful option for orthopedics, and what it really takes to build a thriving referral network for genicular artery embolization. Access the full episode in the BackTable app: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by Varian, A Siemens Healthineers Company. #VI675 #GAE #PracticeGrowth #ReferralNetwork #InterventionalRadiology #MedEd @PittRadiology @UABVascular @NorthStarIR

Work hard, explore harder. 🩺🇩🇰 We asked CIRSE 2026 attendees what they were most excited to see and do in Copenhagen outside of the conference! @JafarGolzarian @MinaMakaryMD @kavikrishVIR @TheRealDoctorOs @ptdoodles @AaronFrittsMD @cirsesociety @ETF_IRtrainees @nickprus_

A 69-year-old with multifocal HCC had three lesions treated in one session. Two received a hydrogel embolic. The third had a feeder so small the microcatheter itself was occlusive, so it received conventional chemoembolization. Dr. Resmi Charalel (@Resmi_Charalel) reviews the intraprocedural cone beam, the cast in the parent vessel, and what all three lesions looked like at thirty and ninety days. Watch the full episode here: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by Instylla (@instylla). #VI682 #HCC #Embolization #InterventionalOncology #LiverCancer @kavikrishVIR @UABVascular @UTMDAnderson @MontefioreRAD

“The flow arrest for me is the closest thing I have to surgical clamping.” Dr. Khanjan Nagarsheth (@KNagarshethMD) walks through a cold leg case with a 30 to 40 centimeter femoropopliteal occlusion. He first uses aspiration to clear the near end of the clot, then passes a mechanical device behind a covered funnel so debris does not travel downstream. Dr. Shang Loh adds what calcification and a difficult wire pass can reveal about chronic disease underneath. Watch the full episode here: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by Stryker Peripheral Vascular. #VI625 #MechanicalThrombectomy #AcuteLimbIschemia #PAD #VascularSurgery @SDhandMD @HarborUCLA @SLUVascular @PennRadiology

What techniques can help navigate challenging anatomy during prostate artery embolization? This week’s Case Highlight features Drs. Donald Garbett (@DonGarbettMD), Art Rastinehad (@DrRastinehad), and Christopher Beck (@beckcj) sharing a Direxion J catheter and wire technique for navigating prostate artery anatomy during PAE. Explore this case and more clinical discussions in the BackTable App: backtable.com/shows/vi/cases… #InterventionalRadiology #PAE #Embolization #BPH

Inject too quickly and a flow-directed embolic gives you spasm instead of a cast. Dr. Kavi Krishnasamy (@kavikrishVIR) and Dr. Gary Siskin (@gsiskin) take Dr. Tyler Sandow (@bayouteazy) through the sequence, beginning with the dead space of the microcatheter and the moment the solvent reaches the patient. They discuss patient comfort during delivery and how injection rate decides whether the agent goes where you aimed it. Watch the full episode here: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by an educational grant from Sirtex and Guerbet. #VI679 #InterventionalRadiology #LiquidEmbolics #Embolization #GDA #MedEd @UABVascular @OchsnerHealth

Could gallbladder cryoablation hold the key to freeing non-surgical candidates from lifelong cholecystostomy tube management? Dr. DaeHee Kim (@IRDocDay) joins Dr. Jessica Yoon (@jYoon_MD) to explore how this emerging procedure could offer a more definitive solution for high risk cholecystitis patients otherwise facing the burden of long-term drain care and complications. Tune in to learn about how Dr. Kim has built a sturdy referral pathway and patient selection criteria, technical and periprocedural considerations when ablating the gallbladder, and the early data shedding light on where this technique could have greatest impact on patient outcomes. 📱 Watch the full episode on the BackTable app → na2.hubs.ly/H08K-yv0 #VI688 #Cryoablation #Cholecystostomy #Gallbladder #BiliaryDisease #InterventionalRadiology @BrownUnivHealth @Brown_VIR @OSURadiology

How does aspirated blood get safely back into the patient during thrombectomy? Dr. Jay Giri (@jaygirimd) and Dr. Julie Bulman (@juliecbulman) join Dr. Chris Beck (@beckcj) to break down filtration, reinfusion, and the FDA standards for safety. They share early clinical results, what still needs answering, and how these advances could change procedural limits. Access the full episode in the BackTable app: backtable.com/shows/vi/podca… This podcast is supported by Endovascular Engineering. #VI677 #CV53 #PE #Thrombectomy #Endovascular #ClinicalTrials @PennMedicine @PERTConsortium @BIDMCVIR