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.

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.