What are the must-know aspects to preparing for and performing the most frequently requested diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures? Interventional Radiology: A Survival Guide, 4th Edition gives you the information you need to provide safe care in an easy-to-read, concise format. Written by experienced radiologists Drs. H. David Kessel and Iain Robertson, this edition features clear, step-by-step instructions for fundamental skills in this fast-growing field.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title Page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. vii 6. Abbreviations - p. ix 7. Section 1 Core Interventional Skills - p. ix 8. 1 Planning safe procedures - p. 3 9. 2 Pre-procedure safety check - p. 11 10. 3 Contrast - p. 16 11. 4 Sedation - p. 24 12. 5 Pain control and analgesia - p. 27 13. 6 Recognition and management of complications - p. 30 14. 7 The interventional radiology clinic - p. 33 15. Section 2 Essential Equipment - p. 36 16. 8 Essential equipment: Puncture needles - p. 39 17. 9 Essential equipment: Biopsy needles - p. 41 18. 10 Essential equipment: Access kits - p. 45 19. 11 Essential equipment: Guidewires - p. 47 20. 12 Essential equipment: Catheters - p. 52 21. 13 Essential equipment: Microcatheters - p. 58 22. 14 Essential equipment: Sheaths and guide catheters - p. 60 23. 15 Essential equipment: Taps, hubs and connectors - p. 67 24. 16 Essential equipment: Pump injectors - p. 72 25. 17 Essential equipment: Snares - p. 74 26. 18 Essential equipment: Angioplasty balloons - p. 77 27. 19 Essential equipment: Inflation handles - p. 82 28. 20 Essential equipment: Stents - p. 84 29. 21 Essential equipment: Stent grafts and covered stents - p. 91 30. 22 Essential equipment: Inferior vena caval filters - p. 94 31. 23 Essential equipment: Embolization - p. 96 32. 24 Essential equipment: Drainage catheters - p. 105 33. 25 Essential equipment: Ureteric stents - p. 106 34. Section 3 Principles of Intervention - p. 107 35. 26 Principles of imaging guidance for intervention - p. 111 36. 27 Principles of good fluoroscopy and radiation protection - p. 116 37. 28 Principles of vascular access - p. 119 38. 29 Principles of diagnostic angiography - p. 131 39. 30 Principles of using catheters and wires - p. 136 40. 31 Principles of crossing stenoses and occlusions - p. 145 41. 32 Principles of angioplasty - p. 153 42. 33 Principles of stenting and stent-grafting - p. 161 43. 34 Principles of pressure measurement - p. 169 44. 35 Principles of embolization - p. 171 45. 36 Principles of rendezvous and retrieval procedures - p. 176 46. 37 Principles of vascular closure and haemostasis - p. 181 47. Section 4 Intervention - p. 188 48. 38 Achieving tissue diagnosis - p. 191 49. 39 Treating fluid collections and abscesses - p. 199 50. 40 Treating urogenital vascular conditions - p. 208 51. 41 Treating urological conditions - p. 213 52. 42 Treating gastrointestinal conditions - p. 224 53. 43 Treating biliary obstruction - p. 236 54. 44 Treating cancer - p. 246 55. 45 Achieving angiographic diagnosis - p. 266 56. 46 Treating arterial occlusive disease - p. 295 57. 47 Treating acute limb ischaemia - p. 312 58. 48 Treating aneurysmal disease - p. 322 59. 49 Treating haemorrhage - p. 341 60. 50 Treating haemodialysis access - p. 369 61. 51 Treating venous disease - p. 377 62. Suggestions for further reading - p. 390 63. Index - p. 393
What are the must-know aspects to preparing for and performing the most frequently requested diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures? Interventional Radiology: A Survival Guide, 4th Edition gives you the information you need to provide safe care in an easy-to-read, concise format. Written by experienced radiologists Drs. H. David Kessel and Iain Robertson, this edition features clear, step-by-step instructions for fundamental skills in this fast-growing field.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title Page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. vii 6. Abbreviations - p. ix 7. Section 1 Core Interventional Skills - p. ix 8. 1 Planning safe procedures - p. 3 9. 2 Pre-procedure safety check - p. 11 10. 3 Contrast - p. 16 11. 4 Sedation - p. 24 12. 5 Pain control and analgesia - p. 27 13. 6 Recognition and management of complications - p. 30 14. 7 The interventional radiology clinic - p. 33 15. Section 2 Essential Equipment - p. 36 16. 8 Essential equipment: Puncture needles - p. 39 17. 9 Essential equipment: Biopsy needles - p. 41 18. 10 Essential equipment: Access kits - p. 45 19. 11 Essential equipment: Guidewires - p. 47 20. 12 Essential equipment: Catheters - p. 52 21. 13 Essential equipment: Microcatheters - p. 58 22. 14 Essential equipment: Sheaths and guide catheters - p. 60 23. 15 Essential equipment: Taps, hubs and connectors - p. 67 24. 16 Essential equipment: Pump injectors - p. 72 25. 17 Essential equipment: Snares - p. 74 26. 18 Essential equipment: Angioplasty balloons - p. 77 27. 19 Essential equipment: Inflation handles - p. 82 28. 20 Essential equipment: Stents - p. 84 29. 21 Essential equipment: Stent grafts and covered stents - p. 91 30. 22 Essential equipment: Inferior vena caval filters - p. 94 31. 23 Essential equipment: Embolization - p. 96 32. 24 Essential equipment: Drainage catheters - p. 105 33. 25 Essential equipment: Ureteric stents - p. 106 34. Section 3 Principles of Intervention - p. 107 35. 26 Principles of imaging guidance for intervention - p. 111 36. 27 Principles of good fluoroscopy and radiation protection - p. 116 37. 28 Principles of vascular access - p. 119 38. 29 Principles of diagnostic angiography - p. 131 39. 30 Principles of using catheters and wires - p. 136 40. 31 Principles of crossing stenoses and occlusions - p. 145 41. 32 Principles of angioplasty - p. 153 42. 33 Principles of stenting and stent-grafting - p. 161 43. 34 Principles of pressure measurement - p. 169 44. 35 Principles of embolization - p. 171 45. 36 Principles of rendezvous and retrieval procedures - p. 176 46. 37 Principles of vascular closure and haemostasis - p. 181 47. Section 4 Intervention - p. 188 48. 38 Achieving tissue diagnosis - p. 191 49. 39 Treating fluid collections and abscesses - p. 199 50. 40 Treating urogenital vascular conditions - p. 208 51. 41 Treating urological conditions - p. 213 52. 42 Treating gastrointestinal conditions - p. 224 53. 43 Treating biliary obstruction - p. 236 54. 44 Treating cancer - p. 246 55. 45 Achieving angiographic diagnosis - p. 266 56. 46 Treating arterial occlusive disease - p. 295 57. 47 Treating acute limb ischaemia - p. 312 58. 48 Treating aneurysmal disease - p. 322 59. 49 Treating haemorrhage - p. 341 60. 50 Treating haemodialysis access - p. 369 61. 51 Treating venous disease - p. 377 62. Suggestions for further reading - p. 390 63. Index - p. 393