Essential Interventional Radiology Review : A Question and Answer Guide / [E-Book]

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. .

The book is a question-and-answer guide to interventional radiology. This pocket resource addresses both general IR and subspecialty topics, providing accurate, on-the-spot answers. Students can read the text from cover to cover to gain a general foundation of knowledge that can be built upon when they begin their rotation or use specific chapters to review a subspecialty before starting a new rotation or joining a new service. The book begins with a general introduction to IR and its common procedures and tools, and is then organized by subspecialties (like vascular disease, oncology, and genitourinary), focusing on common conditions. The book's two-column format provides questions on the left and answers on the right to facilitate rapid-fire review that includes many classic images to facilitate pattern recognition skills. This book is an ideal, on-the-spot reference for medical students, residents, and practicing interventional radiologists seeking fast facts on diagnosis and treatment with interventional radiology.