The position of transarterial chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads and yttrium-90 transarterial radioembolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Consensus statements from a Delphi-method expert panel in Turkey.

Purpose: Clinical studies conducted in different geographic regions using different methods to compare transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and transarterial radioembolization (TARE) have demonstrated discordant results. Meta-analyses in this field indicate comparable overall survival (OS) with TACE and TARE, while reporting a longer time to progression and a higher downstaging effect with TARE treatment. In terms of isolated procedure costs, treatment with TARE is 2 to 3 times more, and in some countries even more, expensive than TACE.

Prognostic value of ADC measurements in predicting overall survival in patients undergoing Y radioembolization for colorectal cancer liver metastases.

Aim: To assess the ability of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in predicting the overall survival in patients who underwent Yttrium 90 radioembolization (Y-RE) for colorectal liver metastases (CLM) with other well-established clinical and imaging parameters by comparing the pre- and post-treatment apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the lesions.

Methods: A total of 81 metastatic lesions of 27 consecutive patients who underwent DWI before and after the Y-RE session were enrolled in the study. ADC values were calculated from the entire (ADC) and peripheral (ADC) tumor on pre- and post-treatment DWI, and any relative increase in ADC >0% accepted as a functional imaging response.

Central venous catheter insertion into the false lumen of a complicated aortic dissection.

Thoracic endovascular repair is considered the first-line treatment in complicated acute type B dissection. Central venous catheters provide valuable vascular access during endovascular treatments. However, central venous catheters are not without complications.

Bronchial artery enlargement may be the cause of recurrent haemoptysis in Behçet's syndrome patients with pulmonary artery involvement during follow-up.

Objectives: Haemoptysis occurring in a Behçet's syndrome (BS) patient with pulmonary artery involvement (PAI) during follow-up is usually regarded as PAI relapse. However, bronchial artery enlargement (BAE) may be the source of haemoptysis in some patients.

Methods: A chart review at the end of December 2014 revealed 118 patients with PAI in our centre since 1979.

Endovascular treatment of inadvertent left internal mammarian artery to great cardiac vein fistula.

Inadvertent left internal mammarian artery to coronary sinus anastomosis is a rare complication of coronary artery by-pass graft surgery. Management of this iatrogenic complication is controversial with conservative, surgical and endovascular options possible. Endovascular treatment offers a minimally invasive approach with a wide variety of embolic agents with different success rates.