Description of Research Expertise

hemodialysis access, central venous access, varicocele, deep venous thrombosis, mechanical thrombolysis, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM), IVC filters and complex IVC filter retrieval

Selected Publications

DePietro DM and Trerotola SO: Techniques in adrenal vein sampling: Multipurpose catheter shape facilitates sampling of cranially oriented right adrenal veins Diagn Interv Radiol : 2021.

Puller HF, Stavropoulos SW, Trerotola SO: Stability of Retained Inferior Vena Cava Filter Fragments After Filter Removal J Vasc Interv Radiol 32 : 1457-1462,2021.

Hung ML, DePietro DM, Trerotola SO: Infectious Recidivism in Tunneled Dialysis Catheters Removed for Bloodstream Infection in the Intensive Care Unit J Vasc Interv Radiol 32 : 650-655,2021.

DePietro DM, Fraker DL, Wachtel H, Cohen DL, Trerotola SO: “Double-Down” Adrenal Vein Sampling Results in Patients with Apparent Bilateral Aldosterone Suppression: Utility of Repeat Sampling including Super-Selective Sampling J Vasc Interv Radiol 32 : 656-665,2021.

Layfield EM, Stavropoulos SW, Chittams J, Quinn R, Trerotola SO: Prevalence and Characterization of Interaction of Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filters with the Spine in Patients Undergoing Complex Filter Removal J Vasc Interv Radiol 31 (12): 2073-2080,2020 .

Cho JK, Serna J, Clark TWI, Dagli M, Mondschein JI, Shlansky-Goldberg RD, Trerotola SO, Soulen MC, Stavropoulos SW, Nadolski GJ: Impact of PTFE-covered stent position and extension on TIPS patency Abdom Radiol : 2020 .

DePietro DM, Curnes NR, Chittams J, Ferrari VA, Pyeritz RE, Trerotola SO: Postembolotherapy Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Follow-Up: A Role for Graded Transthoracic Contrast Echocardiography Prior to High-Resolution Chest CT Scan Chest 157 (5): 1278-1286,2020 .

Suryanarayana PG, Ayers M, Trerotola SO, Nazarian S: Direct hepatic vein puncture and transseptal access for atrial flutter and fibrillation ablation in a patient with prior ligation of the inferior vena cava HeartRhythm Case Rep 6 (7): 382-385,2020 .

Gershuni VM, Herman DS, Kelz RR, Roses RE, Cohen DL, Trerotola SO, Fraker DL, Wachtel H: Challenges in obesity and primary aldosteronism: Diagnosis and treatment. Surgery 167 (1): 204-210,2020 .

Parikh R,Bhatt R,Clark TWI,Trerotola SO: Retrospective Analysis of 77 Hemodialysis Patients Shows No Cases of Steal Syndrome from Graft Taper Reduction J Vasc Intervent Radiol 31 : 1831-1835,2020.

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Academic Contact Information

Department of Radiology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
One Silverstein
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-615-3540
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366