Thoracic Key

3 Methods Retrograde Catheterization of the Common Femoral Artery Common Femoral Arterial Puncture No endovascular intervention is possible without an arterial or venous puncture. A puncture at the wrong site…

2 Material Size Specifications for Cannulas, Guidewires, Catheters, and Sheaths The unit “gauge” for cannulas (referring to the outer diameter) corresponds to the number of processing steps required to produce…

4 Abdomen Renal Arteries The initial euphoria about interventional treatment of renal artery stenosis has given way to a more sober, even skeptical assessment. Good results are still being reported…

1 General Clinical Presentation of Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease This book describes treatment methods that are used in the vast majority of cases of patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease….

5 Lower Extremities Common Femoral Artery Problems in the common femoral artery are treated primarily by surgery. The vessel courses superficially and is readily accessible. Surgery may be performed under…

6 Upper Extremities Stenosis or Occlusion of the Left Subclavian Artery There is only one intervention in the branches of the aortic arch (supra-aortic branches) that is largely free of…

7 Other Endovascular Interventions The methods presented here are either performed only in special facilities or they require extensive experience or a specific clinical environment. They are described briefly to…

8 Complications Even minimally invasive interventional radiology involves certain risks (Table 8.1). One must be thoroughly familiar with them, weigh them against the expected benefit, and discuss them with the…

10 Documentation and Postprocessing Once the patient is back in bed after the intervention and the access site has been treated, evaluate the angiographic documentation (Table 10.1): Select the most…