The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology, the official publication of Pan Arab Interventional Radiology Society (PAIRS), is a Semiannual , peer-reviewed, print and online journal.
Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology
AJIR
AJIR is the official journal of the Pan Arab Interventional Radiology Society.
The editorial board welcomes for consideration papers on technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in field of Interventional Radiology. Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.
The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI compliant institutional and subject based repository.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Mohammad Arabi, MD, FRCR, FPAIRS, FSIR
Department of Medical Imaging
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Deputy Editor
Saher Sabri, MBBS, FPAIRS, FSIR
Chief of Interventional Radiology
Professor of Radiology
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Arterial Interventions Section Editors
Saher Sabri, MBBS,FPAIRS,FSIR
Chief of Interventional Radiology
Professor of Radiology
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Mohamad Hamady, MBChB, FRCR, EBIR, FSIR, FCIRSE
Professor of Interventional Radiology & Image Guided Surgery
Department of Surgery and Cancer
Imperial College-London
St Mary’s Campus
London, UK
Hicham Kobeiter, MD
Professor of radiology and interventional radiology
Head of Radiology, Medical Imaging and Neuroradiology
Henri Mondor University Hospital
University of Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC)
Paris, France
Refaat Salman, MD, Facharzt of Radiology, EBIR, MHBA
Consultant, Vascular and interventional Radiology
King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital
Ministry of National Guard
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Dr. Dierk Vorwerk
Chairman, Department of Radiology
Klinikum Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt, Germany
Venous Interventions Section Editors
Rahil Hussein Kassamali, BSC (HONS), MBCHB, FRCR, EBIR
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Hamad General Hospital
Doha, Qatar
Salah D. Qanadli, MD, PhD, HDR, FCIRSE
Deputy-Chairman
Head of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Imaging Unit
Department of Radiology – University of Lausanne- CH
Lausanne, Switzerland
Ahmad I. Alomari, MD, MSc, FSIR
P.E. Burrows Chair in Interventional Radiology & Vascular Anomalies
Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center, Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Fakhir Elmasri, MD, FSIR, FPAIRS
Radiology and Imaging Specialists of Lakeland
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
Lakeland, FL, USA
Osman Ahmed, MD, FCIRSE
Assistant Professor
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Interventional Oncology Section Editors
Azzam Khankan, MD, PhD, FPAIRS
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Department of Medical Imaging
King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Hicham Abada, MD
Chief, Interventional Radiology
Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Almamoon I. Justaniah, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiologist
Vice President, Saudi Interventional Radiology Society
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Kamel Abdel Aal, MD, PhD, FSIR
Professor of Interventional Radiology
Chief, Section of Interventional Radiology
Vice Chair of Radiology
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Karim A. Abd El Tawab, MD, FPAIRS
Consultant Interventional Radiology
Ain Shams University Hospitals
Cairo, Egypt
Rana T. M. Khafagy, MSc
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Ain Shams University Hospitals
Cairo, Egypt
Ahmed M Gabr, MD
Director of Ultrasound
Assistant professor of Body and Musculoskeletal Imaging and Interventions
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
Neuro Interventions Section Editors
Aghiad Al-Kutoubi, MD, FRCR, DMRD
Adjunct Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology
The American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Farid Aladham, MD
Consultant Vascular and Neuro Interventional Radiologist
Amman, Jordan
Imaging Non-vascular Interventions Section Editor
Khaled M. Elsayes, MD
Professor, Division of Diagnostic Imaging,
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA
Tarek Eldiasty, MD, PhD
Radiology department, Urology and Nephrology center,
Mansoura university
Mansoura, Egypt
Medical Informatics Editor
Ahmed M Gabr, MD
Director of Ultrasound
Assistant professor of Body and Musculoskeletal Imaging and Interventions
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
Regional / Society Representative Editors
Saudi Interventional Radiology Society (SIRS)
Almamoon I. Justaniah, MD
Vascular & Interventional Radiologist
Vice President, Saudi Interventional Radiology Society
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Interventional Radiology Society of Pakistan (IRSP)
Muhammad Azeemuddin, MD
Professor of Radiology
Head of Interventional Radiology
Aga Khan University Hospital
Karachi, Pakistan