European Trainee Forum for Interventional Radiology

20/10/2026

Don't miss this week's with Ivona Bunda Hadzi-Poposka from Skopje, North Macedonia! 🇲🇰

20/10/2026

🌍 Take your IR training abroad with the CIRSE Fellowship Grant Programme!

Applications for the 2027 funding cycle are now open!

The programme offers CIRSE members a €3,000 grant to spend one month at a European institution outside their country of residence, providing an opportunity to:

🔹 Learn new techniques and refine procedural skills
🔹 Gain insights into different clinical practices and department setups
🔹 Build international connections with fellow IRs

Choose from over 50 recommended training centres or arrange your own placement at a European institution.

📅 Apply by December 29, 2026!

Find out more and apply ➡️ https://t.ly/CLeTJ

20/10/2026

🌍 Advance your endovascular skills with CIRSE’s Endovascular Fellowship Grants!

Applications for the 2027 funding cycle are now open!

Through a partnership with BD, CIRSE is offering seven fellowship grants for IRs looking to gain hands-on experience at highly specialised European centres, refine their procedural skills, and expand their professional networks.

Three training categories are available:

🔹 Vessel preparation: Two 2-month and two 3-month fellowships
🔹 Deep venous: Two 2-month fellowships
🔹 Ambulatory care: One 1-month fellowship

💶 Funding: €3,000 per month
📅 Application deadline: December 29, 2026

Take the opportunity to learn from experienced colleagues and explore different approaches to endovascular care!

Find out more and apply ➡️ https://t.ly/lezjE

19/10/2026

Get a glimpse on our latest results on patients with cervical artery dissection who underwent endovascular stenting - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967586826004807

Case courtesy: Dr. Maciej Szmygin , Medical University of Lublin, Poland

16/10/2026

The debate on mechanical thrombectomy for Medium Vessel Occlusions (MeVO) and distal medium vessel occlusions is on-going. Here we present a case of n 80-year-old male patient admitted with minor neurological impairment (NIHSS score of 9) and occlusion of the A3 segment who underwent successful EVT. At 90-day follow-up, the patient had no residual neurological deficits.

Read more on this topic:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-024-12537-4

Case courtesy: Dr. Maciej Szmygin , Medical University of Lublin, Poland

15/10/2026

Single- or multi-stage treatment of multiple intracranial aneurysms in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage?

🔹 We present a 48-year-old female smoker with acute SAH (Hunt–Hess II, Fisher IV) and three right ICA aneurysms involving the AchA, PComA and cavernous segments.

🔹 Balloon-assisted coiling via radial access achieved near-complete occlusion; following VP shunt implantation, the patient had a good, stable outcome at 6- and 12-month follow-up.

🔹 Read more:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10325825/

Case courtesy: Dr. Szmygin Maciej, Medical University of Lublin, Poland

13/10/2026

with Dr. Dejan Taneski

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12/10/2026

Takeover by Dejan Taneski

What happens when a major artery in the brain suddenly closes?

For a patient with acute ischemic stroke caused by large-vessel occlusion, the answer can be life-changing — and every minute matters.

Mechanical thrombectomy has become a cornerstone of modern stroke care, allowing interventional teams to rapidly restore cerebral blood flow by removing the occluding thrombus.

But thrombectomy is more than simply retrieving a clot.

It requires:
🔹 Rapid patient selection
🔹 Understanding the vascular anatomy
🔹 Efficient catheter and device navigation
🔹 Choosing between aspiration, stent retrievers or a combination of techniques
🔹 Achieving rapid and complete reperfusion
🔹 Close coordination with the entire stroke team

For young interventional radiologists, neurointervention offers a unique combination of technical precision, clinical decision-making and immediate impact on patient outcomes.
The devices will continue to evolve.

The anatomy will remain challenging.

And the goal will remain the same:

Reperfuse the brain. Save function.

08/10/2026

08/10/2026

with Dejan Taneski

Not every intracranial aneurysm needs the same device.

One of the most exciting aspects of neurointervention is the growing range of endovascular options available for treating cerebral aneurysms.

From coil embolization to balloon- and stent-assisted techniques, flow diversion and intrasaccular devices such as WEB, the modern neurointerventionalist has an expanding toolbox.

But having more devices does not necessarily make the decision easier.

The real challenge is choosing the right strategy for the right aneurysm.

🔹 Where is the aneurysm located?

🔹 What is its morphology and neck configuration?

🔹 Are important branch vessels incorporated?

🔹 Is the aneurysm ruptured or unruptured?

🔹 Is simple coiling sufficient, or is an adjunctive technique required?

🔹 Would an intrasaccular or flow-diverting approach be more appropriate?

These decisions begin long before the first device enters the catheter.

The device is only a tool. Anatomy and strategy come first.

For young interventional radiologists, learning neurointervention means learning not only how to perform a procedure, but also why one endovascular strategy may be preferable to another.