Peripheral vascular interventions

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This compact, richly illustrated text offers a visual guide to the essential procedures for successful peripheral vascular interventions. Authored by an experienced practitioner, it provides insights and techniques that make readers feel as though they are alongside him at the angiography table. Special features include over 570 detailed, labeled schematic drawings that illustrate the steps in common interventions (excluding heart vessels). The book covers the physiological, anatomical, and technical fundamentals of procedures in the abdomen and extremities. It includes comprehensive information on materials such as stents, guidewires, cannulas, sheaths, and various catheters, as well as methods like retrograde and antegrade catheterization, crossover catheterization, venous access, angiography, stent placement, and local thrombolysis. Focusing on clinically relevant and frequently performed procedures, the author shares valuable clinical experience through time-saving tips, warning signs, risks, complications, and hazards to avoid. This resource is particularly beneficial for beginning interventional radiologists and experienced practitioners seeking to refine their skills. It serves as an ideal reference and refresher for residents, fellows, and professionals in radiology, interventional radiology, vascular surgery, and angiology.