VASCULAR ANOMALIES: LESSONS LEARNED USING INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

摘要

Interventional Radiology uses fluoroscopy to guide minimally-invasive therapies. There is currently expanding investigation into the use of these techniques in various areas of veterinary medicine, including but not limited to the arterial and venoussystems. The morbidity associated with certain open surgical procedures in these areas, particularly in compromised patients, makes these minimally-invasive approaches increasingly appealing. Moreover, the lack of treatment alternatives available for more complex, terminal, or end-stage diseases when traditional therapies have failed has inspired research into potential uses for these techniques, many of which have become the standard-of-care in human medicine. This lecture will review some of the interventional procedures currently performed in the arterial and venous systems of veterinary patients and some of the lessons learned - or more importantly the new questions raised - using these techniques.