Excel at clinical IR with insightful perspectives from both current residents and senior interventionalists! Interventional radiology training has evolved rapidly during the last decade, with recent recognition as a primary medical specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties. The number of IR residency positions continues to increase each year with a greater number of trainees rotating through the IR elective. The bar is set high and expectations of trainees have increased. Written clearly, concisely, and at a trainee's level, Pocketbook of Clinical IR: A Concise Guide to Interventi.

• Pocketbook of Clinical IR: A Concise Guide to Interventional Radiology
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Board of Review
• 1 The Basics of IR
  • 1.1 The IR Consult
  • 1.2 Preprocedure Tasks
  • 1.3 The IR Suite
  • 1.4 The Procedure
  • 1.5 Postprocedure Care
• 2 Tools of the Trade
  • 2.1 Vascular Procedures
  • 2.2 Nonvascular Procedures
• 3 Vascular Access
  • 3.1 Venous Access
  • 3.2 Arterial Access
• 4 Lines, Tubes, and Drains
  • 4.1 Central Venous Access
  • 4.2 Enteric Access
  • 4.3 Transcatheter Fluid Drainage
• 5 Emergency IR
  • 5.1 Massive Hemoptysis
  • 5.2 Upper GI Bleeding
  • 5.3 Lower GI Bleeding
  • 5.4 Abdominal Trauma and Solid Organ Bleeds
  • 5.5 Pelvic Trauma
  • 5.6 Retroperitoneal and Soft Tissue Bleeds
  • 5.7 Obstetric Emergencies
  • 5.8 Orthopaedic Emergencies
• 6 Hepatobiliary
  • 6.1 General Anatomical Principles
  • 6.2 Biliary Disease
  • 6.3 Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
  • 6.4 Portal Hypertension
  • 6.5 Gastroesophageal Varices and Portosystemic Shunts
  • 6.6 Ascites
  • 6.7 Liver Transplantation and Complications
• 7 Oncology
  • 7.1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • 7.2 Liver Metastases
  • 7.3 Ablation Therapy for Malignancies
• 8 Arterial Disease
  • 8.1 Peripheral Artery Disease
  • 8.2 Acute Limb Ischemia
  • 8.3 Renal Artery Stenosis
  • 8.4 Mesenteric Ischemia
  • 8.5 Aneurysmal Disease
• 9 Venous Disease
  • 9.1 Venous Thromboembolic Disease
  • 9.2 Chronic Venous Insufficiency
  • 9.3 Catheter-Related Thrombosis
  • 9.4 Paget–Schroetter Disease
  • 9.5 Nutcracker Syndrome
  • 9.6 May–Thurner Syndrome
  • 9.7 SVC Syndrome
• 10 Dialysis Access and Interventions
  • 10.1 Dialysis Access Dysfunction
  • 10.2 Dialysis Access Monitoring and Surveillance
  • 10.3 Approach to the Patient with Dialysis Access Complications
  • 10.4 Management of Dialysis Access Complications
  • 10.5 Loss of Dialysis Access
• 11 Genitourinary Disease
  • 11.1 Uterine Fibroids
  • 11.2 Ureteral Obstruction
  • 11.3 Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction
  • 11.4 Gonadal Vein Insufficiency
• 12 Neuro IR
  • 12.1 Ischemic Stroke
  • 12.2 Carotid Artery Stenosis
  • 12.3 Cerebral Aneurysms
  • 12.4 Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
  • 12.5 Head and Neck Bleeds
  • 12.6 Vertebral Body Compression Fractures
• 13 Pediatric IR
  • 13.1 Vascular Anomalies
  • 13.2 Osteoid Osteomas
• Index