The JVIR Editor's Awards for Outstanding Research are made possible through SIR Foundation.
JVIR
The Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) grants awards for exceptional research published in the journal in two categories: clinical research and laboratory investigation. The winning manuscripts are selected after a rigorous review of all JVIR articles published in the preceding year, voted on by the present editors and decided on by the editor-in-chief. The chosen articles represent research that may substantially impact the IR community at present or in the future. These awards will be presented during the plenary session at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7.
SIR and SIR Foundation congratulate the 2022 Editor’s Awards for Outstanding Research recipients.
2022 JVIR EDITOR’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CLINICAL STUDY
Multicenter Randomized Sham Controlled Study of Genicular Artery Embolization for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis. Bagla S, Piechowiak R, Sajan A, Orlando J, Hartman T, Isaacson A.
Prospective, Multicenter Clinical Study of the Covera Vascular Covered Stent in the Treatment of Stenosis at the Graft-Vein Anastomosis of Dysfunctional Hemodialysis Access Grafts. Dolmatch B, Waheed U, Balamuthusamy S, Hoggard J, Settlage R, AVeVA Trial Investigators.
IN.PACT AV Access Randomized Trial: 12-Month Clinical Results Demonstrating the Sustained Treatment Effect of Drug-Coated Balloons. Holden A, Haruguchi H, Suemitsu K, Isogai N, Ross J, Hull J, Wang H, Seamans J, Lookstein R, IN.PACT AV Access Investigators.
Outcomes of Stroke Thrombectomy Performed by Interventional Radiologists versus Neurointerventional Physicians. Sacks D, Dhand S, Hegg R, Hirsch K, McCollom V, Sarin S, Vadlamudi V, Wasser T, Zylak C.
Utilization of and Outcomes Associated with Intravascular Ultrasound during Deep Venous Stent Placement among Medicare Beneficiaries. Divakaran S, Meissner MH, Kohi MP, Chen S, Song Y, Hawkins BM, Rosenfield K, Parikh SA, Secemsky EA.
Clinical Utility of Transient Elastography in the Management of Patients with Budd-Chiari Syndrome Undergoing Endovascular Intervention. Anand A, Biswas S, Vaishnav M, Gamanagatti SR, Elhence A, Jindal V, Banyal V, Singh V, Kumar R, Shalimar.
Immunofluorescence Assay of Ablated Colorectal Liver Metastases: The Frozen Section of Image-Guided Tumor Ablation? Kamarinos NV, Vakiani E, Fujisawa S, Gonen M, Fan N, Romin Y, Do RKG, Ziv E, Erinjeri JP, Petre EN, Sotirchos VS, Camacho JC, Solomon SB, Manova-Todorova K, Sofocleous CT.
Radiation Segmentectomy for the Treatment of Solitary Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Outcomes Compared with Those of Surgical Resection. De la Garza-Ramos C, Montazeri SA, Croome KP, LeGout JD, Sella DM, Cleary S, Burns J, Mathur AK, Overfield CJ, Frey GT, Lewis AR, Paz-Fumagalli R, Ritchie CA, McKinney JM, Mody K, Patel T, Devcic Z, Toskich BB.
2022 JVIR EDITOR’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LABORATORY INVESTIGATION
Endovascular Venous Stenosis and Thrombosis Large Animal Model: Angiographic, Histological, and Biomechanical Characterizations. Li N, Ferracane J, Andeen N, Lewis S, Woltjer R, Rugonyi S, Jahangiri Y, Uchida B, Farsad K, Kaufman JA, Al-Hakim RA.
Impact of Chemoembolic Regimen on Immune Cell Recruitment and Immune Checkpoint Marker Expression following Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization in a VX2 Rabbit Liver Tumor Model. Berz AM, Santana JG, Iseke S, Gross M, Pekurovsky V, Gaupp FL, Savic LJ, Borde T,Gottwald LA, Boustani AM, Gebauer B, Lin MD, Zhang X, Schlachter T, Madoff DC, Chapiro J.
Strain Ultrasound Elastography of Aneurysm Sac Content after Randomized Endoleak Embolization with Sclerosing vs. Non-sclerosing Chitosan-based Hydrogels in a Canine Model. Sivakumaran L, Alturkistani H, Lerouge S, Bertrand-Grenier A, Zehtabi F, Thérasse E, Roy-Cardinal MH, Bhatnagar S, Cloutier G, Soulez G.
Phantom and Animal Study of a Robot-Assisted, CT-Guided Targeting System using Image-Only Navigation for Stereotactic Needle Insertion without Positional Sensors. Fong KY, Ming Tan ASM, Sulaiman MSB, Leong SH, Ng KW, Too CW.
Assessing the Effects of Geniculate Artery Embolization in a Nonsurgical Animal Model of Osteoarthritis. Uflacker AB, Keefe N, Bruner ET, Avery A, Salzar R, Henderson K, Spratley M, Nacey N, Miller W, Grewal S, Chahin J, Safavian D, Haskal ZJ.
2022 JVIR EDITOR’S HONOREES: DISTINGUISHED CLINICAL STUDIES
A Transarterial Chemoembolization of Balloon-Occluded Alternate Infusions of Cisplatin and Gelatin Particles for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Phase I/II Multicenter Prospective Study of Safety and Efficacy. Hoshiai S, Irie T, Mori K, Hasegawa N, Fukuda K, Ishige K, Mori K, Arai H, Takahashi N, Nakajima T.
Risk Factors for Hemorrhagic Adverse Events in Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage: A Prospective Multicenter Study. Houghton EJ, Uribe AK, De Battista JM, Finger C, Acquafresca P, Palermo M, Giménez ME.
Long-Term Results from the Pivotal Multicenter Trial of Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Creation for Hemodialysis Access. Hull JE, Jennings WC, Cooper RI, Narayan R, Mawla N, Decker MD.
Radioembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Effects of Arterioportal Shunts on Nontargeted Liver Hypertrophy. Park J, Oh D, Paeng, JC, Lee M, Chung JW, Kim HC.
Microwave Ablation as Bridging to Liver Transplant for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis. Couillard AB, Knott EA, Zlevor AM, Mezrich JD, Cristescu MM, Agarwal P, Ziemlewicz TJ, Longhurst C, Lubner MG, Hinshaw JL, Said A, Paul F. Laeseke PF, Lucey MR, Rice JP, Foley D, Al-Adra D, Lee Jr. FT.
Phase I Dose-Escalation Study of Tirapazamine Chemoembolization for Unresectable Early- and Intermediate-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Liu CH, Peng CM, Hwang JI, Abi-Jaoudeh N, Giiang LH, Tyan YS.
Transarterial Embolization of Neovascularity for Refractory Nighttime Shoulder Pain: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Feasibility Trial. Okuno Y, Yasumoto T, Koganemaru M, Suyama Y, Nishiofuku H, Horikawa M, Komemushi A.
Midterm and Long-Term Outcomes following Dedicated Endovenous Nitinol Stent Placement for Symptomatic Iliofemoral Venous Obstruction: Three- to 5-Year Results of the VIRTUS Study. Razavi MK, Gagne P, Black S, Sadek M, Nicolini P, Weinberg I, Marston W, VIRTUS Investigators.
Predictors of Clinical Outcomes of Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis: Analysis of a Multicenter Randomized Trial. Thukral S, Salter A, Lancia S, Kahn SR, Vedantham S.
Angioscopic Ulcerated Plaques in the Femoropopliteal Artery Associated with Impaired Infrapopliteal Runoff. Yamaguchi T,Yamazaki T, Yoshida H, Hayashi O, Yahiro R, Nakao K, Okai T, Ehara S, Izumiya Y, Yoshiyama M.
2022 JVIR EDITOR’S HONOREES: DISTINGUISHED LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS
Evaluation of an Integrated Spectroscopy and Classification Platform for Point-of-Care Core Needle Biopsy Assessment: Performance Characteristics from Ex Vivo Renal Mass Biopsies. Keshavamurthy KN, Dylov DV, Yazdanfar S, Patel D, Silk T, Silk M, Jacques F, Petre EN, Gonen M, Rekhtman N, Ostroverkhov V, Scher HI, Solomon SB, Durack JC.
Evaluating Radioactive Analogs of Doxorubicin to Quantify ChemoFilter Binding and Whole-Body Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Drug Biodistribution. Kumar P, Yee C, Blecha JE, Hayes TR, Kilbride BF, Stillson C, Losey AD, Mastria E, Jordan CD, Huynh TL, Moore T, Wilson MW, VanBrocklin HF, Hetts SW.
Comparison of Foaming Properties Between the Shirasu Porous Glass Membrane Device and Tessari’s Three-way Stopcock Technique for Polidocanol and Ethanolamine Oleate Foam Production: A Benchtop Study. Torikai H, Inoue M, Tsukada J, Togawa K, Yamamoto Y, Hase M, Tamura M, Ito N, Soga S, Nakatsuka S, Jinzaki M.
Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation to Occlude the Thoracic Duct: Preclinical Studies in Swine for a Potential Alternative to Embolization. McGregor H, Weise L, Brunson C, Struycken L, Woodhead G, Celdran D.
Radiation-Free Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with Fiberoptic and Electromagnetic Guidance: A Phantom Study. Sieren MM, Jäckle S, Eixmann T, Schulz-Hildebrandt H, Matysiak F, Preuss M, García-Vázquez V, Stahlberg E, Kleemann M, Barkhausen J, Goltz JP, Horn M.
2022 PEER’S CHOICE AWARDS
The Peer’s Choice Award recognizes articles with the most academic impact on the field, measured by the number of times the article was cited in other publications. The citation cycle is defined as 2 years, so the 2022 awards honor the most cited articles published in 2020 and in 2021.
MOST CITED ARTICLES FROM 2020
Bagla S, Piechowiak R, Hartman T, Orlando J, Del Gaizo D, Isaacson A. Genicular Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Jul;31(7):1096–1102.
Levy J, Hopkins T, Morris J, Tran ND, David E, Massari F, Farid H, Vogel A, O'Connell WG, Sunenshine P, Dixon R, Gangi A, von der Hoh N, Bagla S. Radiofrequency Ablation for the Palliative Treatment of Bone Metastases: Outcomes from the Multicenter OsteoCool Tumor Ablation Post-Market Study (OPuS One Study) in 100 Patients. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Nov;31(11):1745–1752.
Bundy JJ, Hage AN, Srinivasa RN, Gemmete JJ, Lee E, Gross JS, Healey TL, Solberg AO, Monroe EJ, Chick JFB. Burnout among Interventional Radiologists. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Apr;31(4):607–613.E1.
Landers S, Hely R, Page R, Maister N, Hely A, Harrison B, Gill S. Genicular Artery Embolization to Improve Pain and Function in Early-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis—24-Month Pilot Study Results. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Sep;31(9):1453–1458.
Zhan C, Ruohoniemi D, Shanbhogue KP, Wei J, Welling TH, Gu P, Park JS, Dagher NN, Taslakian B, Hickey RM. Safety of Combined Yttrium-90 Radioembolization and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Jan;31(1):25–34.
Insausti I, Saez de Ocariz A, Galbete A, Capdevila F, Solchaga S, Giral P, Bilhim T, Isaacson A, Urtasun F, Napal S. Randomized Comparison of Prostatic Artery Embolization versus Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Jun;31(6):882–890.
Katsanos K, Spiliopoulos S, Kitrou P, Krokidis M, Paraskevopoulos I, Karnabatidis D. Risk of Death and Amputation with Use of Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons in the Infrapopliteal Arteries for Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Feb;31(2):202–212.
Park BJ, Hunt SJ, Martin C, Nadolski GJ, Wood BJ, Gade TP. Augmented and Mixed Reality: Technologies for Enhancing the Future of IR. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Jul;31(7):1074–1082.
Shahverdyan R, Beathard G, Mushtaq N, Litchfield TF, Nelson PR, Jennings WC. Comparison of Outcomes of Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistulae Creation by Ellipsys and WavelinQ Devices. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Sep;31(9):1365–1372.
Trerotola SO, Saad TF, Roy-Chaudhury P. The Lutonix AV Randomized Trial of Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons in Arteriovenous Fistula Stenosis: 2-Year Results and Subgroup Analysis. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Jan;31(1):1–14.E5.
MOST CITED ARTICLES FROM 2021
Arrigoni F, Spiliopoulos S, de Cataldo C, Reppas L, Palumbo P, Mazioti A, Bruno F, Zugaro L, Papakonstantinou O, Barile A, Kelekis A, Masciocchi C, Filippiadis D. A Bicentric Propensity Score Matched Study Comparing Percutaneous Computed Tomography–Guided Radiofrequency Ablation to Magnetic Resonance–Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Osteoid Osteoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Jul;32(7):1044–1051.
Frandon J, Bey E, Hamard A, Mohammad H, Gonzalez S, Greffier J, Chevallier T, de Forges H, Beregi J-P, Droupy S. Early Results of Unilateral Prostatic Artery Embolization as a Focal Therapy in Patients with Prostate Cancer under Active Surveillance: Cancer Prostate Embolisation, a Pilot Study. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Feb;32(2):247–255.
Nurili F, Monette S, Michel AO, Bendet A, Basturk O, Askan G, Cheleuitte-Nieves C, Yarmohammadi H, Maxwell AWP, Ziv E, Schachtschneider KM, Gaba RC, Schook LB, Solomon SB, Boas FE. Transarterial Embolization of Liver Cancer in a Transgenic Pig Model. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Apr;32(4):510–517.E3.
Leppelmann KS, Mooradian MJ, Ganguli S, Uppot RN, Yamada K, Irani Z, Wehrenberg-Klee EP, Zubiri L, Reynolds KL, Arellano RS, Hirsch JA, Sullivan RJ, Fintelmann FJ. Thermal Ablation, Embolization, and Selective Internal Radiation Therapy Combined with Checkpoint Inhibitor Cancer Immunotherapy: Safety Analysis. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Feb;32(2):187–195.
Goldman DT, Sharma H, Finkelstein M, Carlon T, Marinelli B, Doshi AH, Delman BN, Lookstein R. The Role of Telemedicine in the Maintenance of IR Outpatient Evaluation and Management Volume During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Mar;32(3):479–481.
Chua ALB, Amin R, Zhang J, Thiel CL, Gross JS. The Environmental Impact of Interventional Radiology: An Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from an Academic Interventional Radiology Practice. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Jun;32(6):907–915.E3.
Yamada K, Jahangiri Y, Li J, Gabr A, Anoushiravani A, Kumagai K, Uchida B, Farsad K, Horikawa M. Embolic Characteristics of Imipenem-Cilastatin Particles in Vitro and in Vivo: Implications for Transarterial Embolization in Joint Arthropathies. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Jul;32(7):1031–1039.E2.
Kucukay MB, Kucukay F. Superior Rectal Artery Embolization with Tris-Acryl Gelatin Microspheres: A Randomized Comparison of Particle Size. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Jun;32(6):819–825.
Makris GC, Thulasidasan N, Malietzis G, Kontovounisios C, Saibudeen A, Uberoi R, Diamantopoulos A, Sapoval M, Vidal V. Catheter-Directed Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization Technique for the Management of Hemorrhoids: A Meta-Analysis of the Clinical Evidence. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Aug;32(8):1119–1127.
Moriarty JM, Rueda V, Liao M, Kim GHJ, Rochon PJ, Zayed MA, Lasorda D, Golowa YS, Shavelle DM, Dexter DJ. Endovascular Removal of Thrombus and Right Heart Masses Using the AngioVac System: Results of 234 Patients from the Prospective, Multicenter Registry of AngioVac Procedures in Detail (RAPID). J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Apr;32(4):549–557.E3.
Schartz D, Young E. Medicare Reimbursement Trends for Interventional Radiology Procedures: 2012 to 2020. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Mar;32(3):447–452.
Toskich B, Vidal LL, Olson MT, Lewis JT, LeGout JD, Sella DM, Montazeri SA, Devcic Z, Lewis AR, Frey GT, Ritchie CA, Paz-Fumagalli R, Croome KP, Patel TC. Pathologic Response of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Yttrium-90 Glass Microsphere Radiation Segmentectomy Prior to Liver Transplantation: A Validation Study. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Apr;32(4):518–526.E1.
Villalobos A, Cheng B, Wagstaff W, Sethi I, Bercu Z, Schuster DM, Brandon DC, Galt J, Kokabi N. Tumor-to-Normal Ratio Relationship between Planning Technetium-99 Macroaggregated Albumin and Posttherapy Yttrium-90 Bremsstrahlung SPECT/CT. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 May;32(5):752–760.
Zhang X, Ye X, Zhang K, Qiu Y, Fan W, Yuan Q, Fan J, Wu L, Yang S, Hu M, Xing C, Chen L, Zhang L, Wang J, Song C, Wang C. Computed Tomography‒Guided Microwave Ablation Combined with Osteoplasty for the Treatment of Bone Metastases: A Multicenter Clinical Study. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Jun;32(6):861–868.
2022 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS – MOST DOWNLOADED ARTICLES
The People’s Choice Award recognizes articles that garner the most readership interest, measured by the number of downloads from the time of online posting of the pre-proof version through 3 months after print publication. The 2022 awards honor eligible articles published in print from November 2021 to October 2022.
Bagla S, Piechowiak R, Sajan A, Orlando J, Hartman T, Isaacson A. Multicenter Randomized Sham Controlled Study of Genicular Artery Embolization for Knee Pain Secondary to Osteoarthritis. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Jan;33(1):2–10.E2.
Primetis E, Hoppe H, Obmann V, Huber A, Ebner L, Christe A. Avoiding the Intercostal Arteries in Percutaneous Thoracic Interventions. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Apr;33(4):416–419.E2.
Dolmatch B, Waheed U, Balamuthusamy S, Hoggard J, Settlage R, Lipkowitz G, Atray N, Razavi M, Saito G, Sales C, Moore E, Rogers T, Pergola P, Packer J, Licht J, Makris A. Prospective, Multicenter Clinical Study of the Covera Vascular Covered Stent in the Treatment of Stenosis at the Graft-Vein Anastomosis of Dysfunctional Hemodialysis Access Grafts. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 May;33(5):479–488.E3.
Martin B, Witrick B, Sivaraj B, Tyler L, Devane A, Gimbel R, Rennert L. Interventional Radiologists Achieve Equivalent Outcomes and Lower Costs for Totally Implantable Venous Access Device Placement Compared to Operating Room Placement. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Oct;33(10):1184–1190.
Goh G, Goodwin M, Huang J, Kavnoudias H, Holden A. A Pilot First-in-Human Study of Embrace, a Polyethylene Glycol-Based Liquid Embolic Agent, in the Embolization of Malignant and Benign Hypervascular Tumors. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Jun;33(6):660–667.
Holden A, Haruguchi H, Suemitsu K, Isogai N, Ross J, Hull J, Wang H, Seamans J, Lookstein R. IN.PACT AV Access Randomized Trial: 12-Month Clinical Results Demonstrating the Sustained Treatment Effect of Drug-Coated Balloons. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Aug;33(8):884–894.E7.
Hull J, Jennings W, Cooper R, Narayan R, Mawla N, Decker M. Long-Term Results from the Pivotal Multicenter Trial of Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Creation for Hemodialysis Access. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Oct;33(10):1143–1150.
Kitrou P, Balta L, Papachristou E, Papasotiriou M, Katsanos K, Theofanis M, Papadoulas S, Anagnostopoulos F, Georgopoulou G, Goumenos D, Karnabatidis D. Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Creation with the WavelinQ 4-French EndoAVF System: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis of 30 Patients. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Jan;33(1):33–40.
Sacks D, Dhand S, Hegg R, Hirsch K, McCollom V, Sarin S, Vadlamudi V, Wasser T, Zylak C. Outcomes of Stroke Thrombectomy Performed by Interventional Radiologists versus Neurointerventional Physicians. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Jun;33(6):619–626.E1.
Keefe N, Desai K, Kohi M, Salazar G. Mitigation Strategies for Interventional Radiology During a Global Contrast Media Shortage. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022 Sep;33(9):1021–1024.
