Section 1: Core Interventional Skills 1 Planning safe procedures 2 Pre-procedure safety check 3 Contrast 4 Sedation 5 Pain control and analgesia 6 Recognition / management of complications 7 The Interventional Radiology Clinic Section 2: Essential equipment and principles of use 8 Puncture needles 9 Biopsy needles 10 Access kits 11 Guidewires 12 Catheters 13 Pump injectors 14 Taps, hubs and connectors 15 Microcatheters 16 Drainage catheters 17 Angioplasty balloons 18 Inflation handles 19 Stent grafts/covered stents 20 Uncovered stents 21 Ureteric Stents 22 Embolization 23 Inferior vena cava filters 24 Snares Section 3: Principles of intervention 25 Imaging guidance for intervention 26 Principles of non-invasive vascular imaging 27 Principles of good fluoroscopy and radiation protection 28 Principles of Vascular Access 29 Principles of diagnostic angiography 30 Biopsy needles 31 Principles of crossing stenoses and occlusion 32 Principles of angioplasty 33 Principles of pressure measurement 34 Principles of embolization 35 Principles of stenting and stent grafting 36 Principles of rendezvous and retrieval procedures 37 Principles of vascular closure and haemostasis Section 4: Intervention 38 Achieving tissue diagnosis 39 Treating fluid collections and abscesses 40 Treating arterial occlusive disease 41 Treating acute limb ischaemia 42 Treating aneurysmal disease 43 Treating haemorrhage 44 Treating Venous Disease 45 Treating haemodialysis access 46 Urogenital intervention 47 Treating urinary conditions 48 Treating Gastro-intestinal conditions 49 Treating Biliary Intervention 50 Treating cancer 51 Achieving angiographic diagnosis 52 Rendezvous and retrieval procedures

"This book is effective at providing a comprehensive understanding of the basics needed in order to provide safe care when performing common diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures, while this edition has an increased emphasis on interventional oncology procedures. It includes hundreds of diagrams and photos that not only illustrate the procedures, but also depict important anatomical and technical points, which other books do not. Lastly, it includes "tip boxes" that highlight key facts and technical recommendations and "warning boxes" that highlight common and important pitfalls that novice interventionists should be aware of." - Kimberly Weatherspoon, MD, MPH (Baystate Medical Center) for Doody's Review Services