Society Of Interventional Radiology's 34th Annual Scientific Meeting

Main Category: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine
Also Included In: Conferences;  Primary Care / General Practice
Article Date: 23 Feb 2009 - 0:00 PDT


Nearly 5,300 physicians, scientists and allied health professionals are expected to attend the Society of Interventional Radiology's 34th Annual Scientific Meeting March 7-12 at the San Diego Convention Center. Scientific press conferences are scheduled for 9-10:30 a.m. on both Monday, March 9, and Tuesday, March 10 in Room 15A.

The Annual Scientific Meeting offers

• almost 400 scientific presentations and posters covering the newest trends in interventional radiology research
  
  
• nearly 150 technical exhibits and product demonstrations
  
  
• opportunity to interview experts in interventional radiology

Some of the exciting topics that will be featured at this year's news conferences include:

• Killing kidney cancer with cold: remarkable results
  
  
• Using focal therapy/mapping for prostate cancer: look, no surgery
  
  
• Treating herniated discs: pain relief from unexpected source
  
  
• Seeing "Lazarus effect": relieving bone tumor pain
  
  
• Examining heart attack risk: surprising look at Framingham Risk Scores
  
  
• Treating peripheral arterial disease: stem cell therapy advances
  
  
• Studying women's health: making childbirth safer
  
  
• Finding that age doesn't matter: AV fistulas and dialysis
  
  
• Seeing the promise of drug-eluting stents: critical limb ischemia
  
  
• Recommending treatment for "Silent Killer": abdominal aortic aneurysm

Visit http://www.SIRmeeting.org to register online (free), view scientific abstracts and download a meeting schedule.

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About the Society of Interventional Radiology

Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. They offer the most in-depth knowledge of the least invasive treatments available coupled with diagnostic and clinical experience across all specialties. They use X-ray, MRI and other imaging to advance a catheter in the body, usually in an artery, to treat at the source of the disease internally. As the inventors of angioplasty and the catheter-delivered stent, which were first used in the legs to treat peripheral arterial disease, interventional radiologists pioneered minimally invasive modern medicine.

Today many conditions that once required surgery can be treated less invasively by interventional radiologists. Interventional radiology treatments offer less risk, less pain and less recovery time compared to open surgery.

Source: Maryann Verrillo
Society of Interventional Radiology

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