Description of Research Expertise:
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portocaval shunt
Hemodialysis access
Novel tumor ablation technique
Selected Publications:
Itkin M, Trerotola SO, Stavropoulos SW, Patel A, Mondschein JI, Soulen MC, Tuite CM, Shlansky-Goldberg RD, Faust TW, Reddy KR, Solomon JA, Clark TW.: Portal flow and arterioportal shunting after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation. J Vasc Interv Radiol 17 (1): 55-62,2006.
Itkin M, Wong JH, Clark TWI: In vivo evaluation of a microcatheter arterial port system for regional therapy J Vasc Interv Radiol 16 (2): 275-9,2005.
Itkin M: Peripheral non invasive vascular immaging In:Pretorius ES, Solomon JA Radiology Secrets 2nd Ed : 2005.
Ishii M, Fischer MC, Emami K, Alavi A, Spector ZZ, Yu J, Baumgardner JE, Itkin M, Kadlecek SJ, Zhu J, Bono M, Gefter WB, Lipson DA, Shrager JB, Rizi RR: Hyperpolarized helium-3 MR imaging of pulmonary function Radiological Clinics of North America 43 (1): 235-46,2005.
Kolbeck KJ, Itkin M, Stavropoulos SW, Trerotola SO.: Measurement of air emboli during central venous access: do "protective" sheaths or insertion techniques matter? J Vasc Interv Radiol 16 (1): 89-99,2005.
Won JH, Lee JD, Wang HJ, Han JH, Kim JH, Kim KH, Park KB, Itkin M: Effects of a holmium-166 incorporated covered stent placement in normal canine
common bile ducts. J Vasc Interv Radiol 15 (5): 705-11,2005.
Weisse C, Mondschein JI, Itkin M, Iyoob C, Solomon JA: Use of a percutaneous atrial septal occluder device for complete acute occlusion of an intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in a dog J Am Vet Med Assoc 227 (2): 249-52,2005.
Stavropoulos SW, Marin H, Fairman RM, Carpenter JP, Litt HI, Itkin M, Clark TW.: Recurrent endoleak detection and measurement of aneurysm size with CTA after coil embolization of endoleaks. J Vasc Interv Radiol 16 (10): 1313-7,2005.
Jalali A, Ishii M, Edvinsson, Guan L, Itkin M, Baumgardner J, Lipson DA, Rizi RR: Detection of Simulated Pulmonary Embolism in a Porcine Model Using Hyperpolarized 3He MRI Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 51 (1): 291-8,2004.
Rizi RR, Baumgardner JE, Ishii M, Spector ZZ, Edvinsson JM, Jalali A, Yu J, Itkin M, Lipson DA, Gefter W: Determination of Regional VA/Q by Hyperpolarized 3He MRI Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 52 (1): 65-72,2004.