The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) will celebrate its 40th anniversary during the society's September meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
CIRSE was formed in 1985 from a merger of the College of Angiography and the European Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology.
Interventional radiology (IR) flourished after Dr. Charles Dotter's percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in 1964 after which interventional radiology emerged and innovation flourished, CIRSE explains on its website.
Dotter's first patient was a chronically bedridden 82-year-old woman with peripheral vascular disease and a painful and ulcerated foot. The foot was pulseless, and there was a 2 x 4-cm ulcer and three ischemic toes. At the time, it was Dotter's percutaneous transfemoral catheter dilatation procedure addressing segmental femoral narrowing that prevented amputation -- good pulses became palpable, and angiography later revealed stenosis no longer present.
The scope of IR procedures for arterial and vascular diseases and beyond has expanded ever since. Last year, CIRSE launched SPHAIRE, a spotlight on AI and emerging technologies in IR, highlighting current and future AI applications in IR, as well as training and reporting.
CIRSE 2025 will be held from 13 to 17 September. The deadline for abstract submission is 20 March. In addition, CIRSE will host another installment of the intravascular ultrasound case competition.
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