CIRSE - Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe

12/08/2026

☢️ For more than a decade the Radiation Protection Pavilion has been a cornerstone of —and it's back at !

Don't miss this year's:

🔹 M&M session

🔹 Back by popular demand: Radiation Safety Pursuit quiz & live simulation

🔹 Women in IR round table

🔹 Young IR – Plan to protect to grow up with a safety culture

A huge thank you to our corporate partners and 2026 sponsors for their continued support in making the RPP a key part of the CIRSE Congress.

BIOTRONIK, DuMed Group, Egg Medical, MAVIG GmbH, RAMPART, Rothband (WSR Medical Solutions Ltd), Uniray Medical LLP and RADPAD® Radiation Protection.

Browse this year's RPP programme: https://t.ly/fQIZC

👉 Register now for : https://t.ly/hmNDS

11/08/2026

Access to high-quality interventional radiology care should not depend on where a patient lives. Across Eastern and South-eastern Europe as well as Sub-Saharan Africa, significant disparities in access to IR expertise, equipment, training, and infrastructure continue to limit the availability of minimally invasive, often life-saving treatments. Expanding access to IR means giving more patients timely alternatives to major surgery, while strengthening healthcare systems’ ability to diagnose and treat complex conditions safely and effectively. It is a matter of equity, opportunity and better patient outcomes.

This is why CIRSE has launched a new capacity-building initiative to support access to IR care and training opportunities in these regions. Through education, training, professional collaboration, advocacy, and support for the development of IR services, CIRSE can help build sustainable capacity in regions where the need is greatest.

Read the editorial by Philippe L Pereira, Vincent Vidal, Christoph Binkert, Fabian Laage Gaupp, et al. about the initiative’s aims here: https://t.ly/nG25S

For further information, visit https://t.ly/DGW7V

10/08/2026

🧠 Ask your burning questions at !

Join our new, onsite-only "Beyond the lecture" sessions and get your questions answered by fellow experts.

💬 Submit your questions now: https://t.ly/sovtt

📍 Topics:

• Percutaneous ablation: https://t.ly/e-JUI

• Visceral aneurysms: https://t.ly/e9V_d

• Biliary disease: https://t.ly/JSHms

• Lymphatic intervention: https://t.ly/RmWos

• Learning arterial intervention: https://t.ly/MiDiK

👉 Register and join the discussion—only onsite at .

10/08/2026

👉 Register now and catch the early fee for the upcoming ESIR course on the essentials of embolization: Liquids and particles!

Led by course chairperson Prof. Bernhard Gebauer, this advanced course gives trained interventional radiologists a comprehensive overview of liquid and particulate embolization, including the latest materials, techniques, and clinical applications. Through in vivo and ex vivo workshops, model-based training, and simulator sessions, participants will refine their practical skills and learn directly from expert faculty.

Preliminary faculty: Bernhard Meyer, Emanuele Boatta, Gonca Eldem, Pierleone Lucatelli , Romaric LOFFROY, Wibke Uller

📅 November 5-6, 2026

📍 Strasbourg/FR

📌 Browse programme and faculty: https://t.ly/QfYCd

✅ Register: https://t.ly/Ld2n6

Essentials of embolization: Liquids and particles, Strasbourg/FR, November 5-6, 2026 – CIRSE

07/08/2026

✨ 7 reasons to look forward to !

The global IR community is heading to Copenhagen this September—and there’s plenty to get excited about. From new interactive formats and expanded clinical programmes to hands-on training and emerging technologies, has something for everyone.

And that’s just the beginning! 👀

📖 Discover seven of many things to look forward to at CIRSE 2026: https://t.ly/HPRJB

👉 Register for : https://t.ly/Zlo_7

🧾 Browse the full interactive programme: https://t.ly/wRTI-

07/08/2026

👀🔬 Get ready for !

Check out a sneak peek from Dr. Jan Goltz's lecture at , where he will explore advanced strategies for crossing complex lesions and chronic total occlusions (CTOs).

Learn how to overcome the limitations of traditional antegrade crossing with highly successful retrograde techniques, navigate alternative access sites when the common femoral artery is not an option, and master advanced re-entry strategies, including the CART technique, Rendezvous maneuvers, and re-entry devices to improve procedural success.

Read more here ➡️ https://t.ly/TUG-I

👉 Register for CIRSE 2026: https://t.ly/g15io

🔎 View the full programme: https://t.ly/YYczm

📰 Check out all lecturers sneak peeks: https://t.ly/IRtv0

👐 Explore the hands-on sessions: https://t.ly/b5knz

06/08/2026

🏥 Can same-day discharge transform IR?

Join the CIRSE–Terumo Interventional Systems Joint Symposium at to explore how same-day discharge can improve patient care while delivering tangible benefits for healthcare systems.

Hear from leading experts as they discuss:

🔹 Why same-day discharge is good medicine and smart economics

🔹 Why haemorrhoid embolization is ideally suited for day-case treatment

🔹 How to successfully implement and advocate for same-day discharge in your institution

📅 September 6, 2026

⌚ 16:15–16:45 CEST

Featuring Irene Bargellini, Andreas H. Mahnken, Michal Mauda-Havakuk, and Vincent Vidal.

🧾 Browse the full programme for all satellite symposia: https://t.ly/gcP_o

👉 Register now for : https://t.ly/_LQ_3

This Joint Symposium is brought to you by Terumo Interventional Systems. Joint Symposia are co-developed by a corporate partner and CIRSE.

06/08/2026

🩺 CIRSE was delighted to participate in the "Imaging Saves Lives" event at the European Parliament in Brussels, organized by the European Society of Radiology and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Medicine in support of the EU Safe Hearts Plan. The event brought together policymakers, clinical experts, patients, scientific societies, and industry to discuss the role of imaging in improving cardiovascular care across the entire patient pathway.

During the concluding panel discussion, CIRSE President Prof. Philippe Pereira drew attention to conditions that remain insufficiently recognized, particularly peripheral arterial disease, and called for greater consideration of PAD within future European cardiovascular strategies. He also advocated for integrated care pathways and centres of excellence to improve access, coordination, and patient outcomes.

This is just the beginning—further advocacy activities led by CIRSE are planned for this autumn, and CIRSE will also support PAD Awareness Month with free educational content.

👀 Stay tuned!

05/08/2026

🚨 Only a few days left to catch the early fee 🚨

Register now for the upcoming ESIR course on Thyroid thermal ablation to secure your spot for this great learning opportunity and take advantage of the reduced early fee!

📅 October 8-9, 2026

📍 Hospital Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid/ES

📌 Browse programme and faculty: https://t.ly/tJ_0s

✅ Register: https://t.ly/7Uk6f

05/08/2026

📢 Hot off the press

"CIRSE Standards of Practice on the Endovascular Management of Descending Thoracic Aortic Disease"
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Authored by leading experts: Yuri Gupta, Samuel Vaughan, Fabrizio Fanelli, Catharina van Rijswijk, Hervé Rousseau & Jost Philipp Schäfer

Over the past two decades, therapy has transformed the treatment of descending . Explore the new CIRSE SOP for expert guidance on safe and effective patient management: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00270-026-04477-5 🚀