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JVIR audio abstracts: July 2025
This recording features audio versions of Month Year Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) abstracts:
- Optimal Timing of Percutaneous Cholecystostomy across Different Grades of Acute Cholecystitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study Read
- Gallbladder Cryoablation for Calculous Cholecystitis Initially Treated with Percutaneous Drainage: A Prospective Trial in High-Risk Patients Read
- Comparative Prognostic Utility of Updated Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Scores for Prediction of Early Mortality after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Creation Read
- Long-Term Outcomes of Angioplasty and Stent Placement for Portomesenteric Vein Obstruction following Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Read
- The Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Amputation and Death Rates in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease in the United States Read
- Percutaneous Microwave Ablation of Small (<4 cm) Renal Masses Performed under Moderate Sedation Read
JVIR and SIR thank all those who helped record this episode. To sign up to help with future episodes, please contact our outreach coordinator at millennie.chen.jvir@gmail.com.
Host and audio Editor:
Sanya Dhama, University of California Riverside School of Medicine
Outreach coordinator:
Millennie Chen, University of California Riverside School of Medicine
Abstract readers:
- Tejal Gala, University of Southern California, California
- Emily Jagenburg, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
- Kevin Zhou, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
- Andrew Sasser, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida
- Jaimie Le, University of California Riverside School of Medicine
- Ye Na Diana Lim, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
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