JVIR audio abstracts: August 2026

**Articles** - Comparison of Functional Outcomes and Safety of Acute Carotid Stent Placement versus Thrombectomy Alone in the Treatment of Patients with Tandem Occlusions in Acute Ischemic Stroke **(**Read**)** - Portal Vein Stent Placement in a Pancreatic Cancer Cohort: Outcomes and Predictors of Portal Stent Occlusion **(**Read**)** - Stereotactic Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors: A Prospective Registry-Based Study **(**Read**)** **Host** - Marie Hamel, the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University **Audio editor** - Andrew Sasser, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine **Abstract readers** - Donald Chow, Saint Louis University School of Medicine - Evan Massa, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Sara Sadok, University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago Support the show