title: Interventional radiology: reflections and expectations. The 1985 Eugene P. Pendergrass new horizons lecture.
abstract: The history and current practice of interventional radiology are reviewed. Interventional radiology is considered a subspecialty of diagnostic radiology that involves the use of a variety of percutaneous techniques to treat a spectrum of vascular and nonvascular diseases. It is physician intensive and requires a commitment to patient care analogous to that in surgery. Still considered in its infancy, interventional radiology should prosper and undergo continued growth over the next several decades.
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D011871:Radiology / Q000639:trends*; D013038:Specialization