Every year since 2003, the editorial board has chosen publications from the previous volume for nomination of the Editors’ Medal. The winners are selected by a poll among all members of the editorial board and include original and experimental submissions only.

We are happy to announce a continued increase in qualifying articles, reader interest, author submissions, and numerous nominations by the editorial board members. With this in mind, the editors decided this year to honor three author groups for their outstanding contributions to Cardiovasclar and Interventional Radiology (CVIR).

This year it is our pleasure to give the Editors’ Medal 2012 to the author groups listed below. This award comes with a considerable donation from our publisher, Springer Science + Business Media, LLC. Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you for making CVIR your preferred journal for your submissions.

Winners of the Editors’ Medal 2012

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    “Safety Profile of Sequential Transcatheter Chemoembolization with DC Bead™: Results of 237 Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Patients”

    Malagari K, Pomoni M, Spyridopoulos TN, Moschouris H, Kelekis A, Dourakis S, Alexopoulou E, Koskinas J, Angelopoulos M, Kornezos J, Pomoni A, Tandeles S, Marinis A, Rizos S, Kelekis D

    Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology 2011, Volume 34, Number 4, Pages 774–785

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    “Superiority of Transcutaneous Oxygen Tension Measurements in Predicting Limb Salvage After Below-the-Knee Angioplasty: A Prospective Trial in Diabetic Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia”

    Redlich U, Xiong YY, Pech M, Tautenhahn J, Halloul Z, Lobmann R, Adolf D, Ricke J, Dudeck O

    Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 2011, Volume 34, Number 2, Pages 271–279

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    “Renal Artery Embolization Combined With Radiofrequency Ablation in a Porcine Kidney Model: Effect of Small and Narrowly Calibrated Microparticles as Embolization Material on Coagulation Diameter, Volume, and Shape”

    Sommer CM, Kortes N, Zelzer S, Arnegger FU, Stampfl U, Bellemann N, Gehrig T, Nickel F, Kenngott HG, Mogler C, Longerich T, Meinzer HP, Richter GM, Kauczor HU, Radeleff BA

    Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology 2011, Volume 34, Number 1, Pages 156–165