MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'interventional'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:24 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794806&cid=t_99890_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fventricular-septal-defect-vsd%2F Ventricular septal defect is a not uncommon congenital abnormality that can occur alone or as part of various syndromes. The most common site of a VSD is in the membranous part of interventricular septum. A VSD causes a left-to-right shunt, which can result in pulmonary hypertension and cardiac failure. Historically, VSDs that were clinically significant required open heart surgery, but increasingly, percutaneous procedures done by interventional cardiologists are being used to “plug the hole.” (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794806 Fri, 06 May 2011 14:00:30 +0100 4794806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097942&cid=t_99890_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fprescriptions-on-the-rise-so-look-out-for-the-side-effects%2F2010.10.22 Eighty eight percent of Americans 60 years or older take at least one prescription drug and more than two-thirds of this age group take five or more, according to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics. Spending for prescription drugs totaled $234.1 billion in 2008 — more than double what was spent in 1999. The National Center for Health Statistics excerpted elements of its National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to prepare the report: Other key findings include: – Over the last 10 years, the percentage of Americans who took at least one prescription drug in the past month increased from 44 percent to 48 percent. The use of two or more drugs increased from 25 percent to 31 percent. The use of five or more drugs increased from 6 percent to 11 percent.... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097942 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:00:00 +0100 4097942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1079662&cid=t_99890_115_f&fid=34670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsumerdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fhigh-intensity-focused-ultrasound-in.html RSNA News, December 2007"RESEARCHERS at Duke University Medical Center report using mechanical high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to activate the immune system to recognize and attack malignant tumors, pointing the way toward a whole new field in cancer therapy for radiologists. The study was detailed in the August 3, 2007, issue of the Journal of Translational Medicine."Sounds like interventional Radiology is looking at new horizons yet unseen.Further details--Journal of Translational Medicine 2007, 5:34doi:10.1186/1479-5876-5-34The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online.High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an emerging non-invasive treatment modality for localized treatment of cancers. While current clinical strategies employ HIFU exclu... Sumer's Radiology Site blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1079662 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:33:00 +0100 1079662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=463383&cid=t_99890_115_f&fid=34676&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbhavin.typepad.com%2Fradiology%2F2006%2F09%2Fcervical_verteb.html This 24-yeras old student had neck pain. An MRI revealed a C4 vertebral lesion. A contrast-enhanced CT scan prior to the biopsy showed an expansile osteolytic lesion involving the body and pedicle (Figs. 1, 2) with abnormal soft tissue. Under CT guidance, a core biopsy was performed, both of the soft tissue as well as from within the lesion (Figs. 3, 4). Adequate tissue was obtained, which was reported to be tuberculosis. (Source: Spot Diagnosis) Spot Diagnosis blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=463383 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:27:00 +0100 463383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=463388&cid=t_99890_115_f&fid=34676&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbhavin.typepad.com%2Fradiology%2F2006%2F09%2Fradiofrequency_.html This is a 78-years old man, who had a 3.8cm sized mass in the left upper lobe (Fig. 1), which was proven to be a squamous cell carcinoma. There was marked surrounding emphysema and though the lesion was a T1 lesion, with no adenopathy or evidence of spread elsewhere on a PET study, he was not considered to be a candidate for surgery. He was referred for a radiofrequency ablation (RFA). We had to make sure that we did not penetrate the emphysematous lung. Using the CT fluoroscopy function, it was possible to find an oblique route into the centre of the lesion (Figs. 2-4) and the tines of the electrode were then deployed (Figs. 5,6). A successful ablation was obtained with peri-lesional ground-glass attenuation (Fig. 7). There was no evidence of a pneumothorax, but a plain-radiograph (FIg... Spot Diagnosis blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=463388 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:56:00 +0100 463388