Closure Devices
After an arteriography or intervention, the access site must be effectively managed. The planning for access site control starts before gaining access. The operator must make sure that (1) the…
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Pharmacologic Agents Used in Image-Guided Interventions
As the need for interventional radiologic procedures continues to grow, there is increased interest in better periprocedural pain control. Interventional radiology (IR) plays a significant role in pain management, therapeutically…
Radiation Safety and Protection in the Interventional Fluoroscopy Environment
The x-ray equipment available to perform imaged-guided interventions has accelerated in technical capability, allowing increasingly complex procedures to be performed. Consequently, procedures tend to be longer and the dose to…
A Brief History of Image-Guided Therapy
Acknowledgment The authors would like to thank Shundra Dinkins, Toni Acfalle, and Dana Murphy for their expertise in preparation of this manuscript. The authors also would like to acknowledge Jozef…
Treatment of Medical Emergencies
The interventional suite plays host to a wide variety of patient types and procedures. Some of the patients who arrive in the suite are in good baseline health, others are…
Clinical Vascular Examination
“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.” William Osler 1849–1919 Symptoms relating to vascular…
Patient Preparation and Informed Consent
Given the rapid expansion of interventional radiology (IR) and wide adoption of its treatments in medical guidelines, there is increasing patient and clinician expectation for IR teams that can provide…
4 Ischemia
10.1055/b-0036-141868 4 Ischemia Introduction In younger patients, the etiologies for cerebral infarction are many and varied, in distinction to older adults ( Fig. 4.1 ). Leading causes include cardiac and…
1 Technologic Innovations in MR and CT
10.1055/b-0036-141865 1 Technologic Innovations in MR and CT Introduction Both CT and MR have made tremendous technologic advances since their clinical introduction, regarding not only sensitivity and spatial resolution, but…
5 Aneurysms
10.1055/b-0036-141869 5 Aneurysms Introduction By definition, an aneurysm is an abnormal dilatation, typically saccular or fusiform in shape, of an artery. Intracranial aneurysms are thought to result from hemodynamic stress,…
