Peripheral Vascular Interventions: An Illustrated Manual

This compact, richly illustrated text presents a uniquely visual representation of the procedures interventionalists need to master to perform peripheral vascular interventions successfully. Written and illustrated by a skilled practitioner with many years of hands-on clinical experience, it shares his knowledge, advice, and techniques, giving readers the sense of sitting side-by-side with him at the angiography table.Special Features:More than 570 instructive, fully labeled schematic drawings showing the sequence of steps in common peripheral vascular interventions (excluding the vessels of the heart)Covers the physiologic, anatomic, and technical fundamentals of procedures undertaken in the abdomen and lower and upper extremitiesIncludes detailed information on materials (e.g., stents, guidewires, cannulas, sheaths, and balloon and angiography catheters) and methods (e.g., retrograde and antegrade catheterization of the femoral artery, crossover catheterization, venous access, angiography, stent placement, local thrombolysis, and much more)Focuses on procedures chosen for their clinical relevance and frequency of occurrence in everyday practiceShares the author's wealth of clinical experience in time-saving tips, tricks, warning signs, risks, complications, and hazards to avoidEspecially for the beginning interventional radiologist, but also for the more experienced practitioner who wants to optimize procedures, this book provides he didactic visual examples and descriptions to perform interventions confidently and successfully. It is an ideal reference and refresher for residents, fellows, and practitioners in radiology and interventional radiology, vascular surgery, and angiology.

Autorentext

Associate Professor, Radiology Dept., Deaconess Hospital, Flensburg, Germany

Klappentext

Concentrates on the most important and most common interventions, directly applicable to daily practice Main features: - Step-by-step instructions: vividly illustrated, compact and clear ? the focus is on the visual presentation of the procedures - Emphasis on practically relevant content: concentration on the most important and most common interventions, directly applicable to daily practice - Readers can benefit from the decades-long experience of the author, including tips, tricks, and specific information regarding errors and hazards. Using succinct texts and a large number of schematic step-by-step drawings, this book teaches what is needed to perform successfully the most important and common peripheral (excluding the vessels of the heart) vascular interventions

Inhalt

1 General
2 Material
3 Methods
4 Abdomen
5 Lower Extremities
6 Upper Extremities
7 Other Endovascular Interventions
8 Complications
9 Recurrent Stenosis
10 Documentation and Postprocessing