Matthew E. Anderson • Sanjeeva P. Kalva The introduction of drug-eluting beads represents a shift in the principal way in which chemotherapeutic agents are delivered, concentrated, and maintained within tumor…

Mark D. Iafrati • Joseph Zuniga INTRAVASCULAR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a chronic condition that primarily arises from atherosclerosis and ultimately results in the occlusion…

Julius Chapiro • Rafael Duran • Jean-François Geschwind Primary liver cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Asia continues to be the region with the most…

Daniel Do • Claudio J. Schönholz Carotid blowout syndrome (CBS), first described in 1962, is a severe clinical condition that usually presents in the setting of patients with underlying head…

Moneeb Ehtesham • Imad S. Khan • J Mocco Central nervous system arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are congenital anomalies generally consisting of an abnormal tangle of thin-walled vessels (usually referred to…

Miyuki Sone • Yasuaki Arai Gelatin sponge (GS) has been used worldwide for more than 40 years for various embolization procedures. Although it was originally developed as a surgical hemostatic…

Keigo Osuga Pushable coils have been widely used for mechanical occlusion of peripheral and visceral vessels because they are relatively inexpensive, easily available, and simple to handle. Since the original…

Craig Greben • Eric J. Gandras • Jason J. Naidich Guido Guglielmi, the father of the detachable coil, stated that the development of this device was the result of the…

Susie J. Park • Gary P. Siskin Throughout this textbook, there are several chapters that focus on the embolic agents used for embolization and many more chapters focusing on the…

Krishna Kandarpa Surgically unresectable metastases confined to the liver are the life-limiting component of disease for many patients with melanoma, whether ocular or cutaneous in origin. Hepatic metastases are present…