Essential Interventional Radiology Review

Adam E. M. Eltorai, MD, PhD is a Radiology resident at Brigham & Women's Hospital. He is an editor for other Springer books, including Essential Radiology Review. Sun Ahn, MD is Associate Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging and the Program Director of the IR Residency Program and the IR Fellowship Program at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School.  Terrance Healey, MD is Associate Professor and Director of Thoracic Radiology in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at Brown University’s The Warren Alpert Medical School. Rajat Chand, MD is a current Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Interventional Radiology at The Hospital for Sick Children and completed his Independent Interventional Radiology Residency at Beaumont Health.

• SECTION I: Introduction.- Using this book.- What is Interventional Radiology?.- Core principles.- SECTION II: Daily Workflow.- Role of a sub-intern.- Presenting patients.- Morning rounds.- Afternoon rounds.- Taking call.- Pre-procedure.- SECTION III: The Vascular Suite.- Prepping.- Running the table.- Choice of Access.- Seldinger technique.- Guidewires.- Catheters.- Connectors.- Balloons.- Stents.- Embolization.- Other.- SECTION IV: CT/MRI/US.- Procedures.- Materials.- SECTION V: Vascular Disease.- Abdominal aortic aneurysms.- Thoracic aortic aneurysms.- Angiography.- Angioplasty and stenting.- Deep vein thrombosis.- Mesenteric ischemia.- Arteriovenous Malformations.- Central Venous Access.- Carotid Artery Stenosis.- Renovascular Hypertension.- Varicose Vein.- Vena Cava Filter.- Peripheral Artery Aneurysm.- Dialysis grafts.- SECTION VI: Oncology.- Hepatic.- Pulmonary.- Renal.- Other.- SECTION VII: Hepatobiliary.- Transjugular intrahepatic porotosystemic shunts.- Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration.- SECTION VIII: Genitourinary.- Percutaneous nephrostomy.- Ureteral Stenting.- Uterine fibroid embolization.- Prostatic artery embolization.- SECTION IX: Neuro.- Stroke.- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.- Pain management.- SECTION X: Vascular Emergencies.- Embolization.- Splenic.- Pelvic.- Bronchial.- Upper gastrointestinal bleeding.- Lower gastrointestinal bleeding.- Uterine artery embolization.- Contrast reactions.- SECTION XI: Other.- Tubes.- Biopsy.- New procedures.