title: Technical considerations in aortography for the investigation of lower limb ischaemia--results from a postal survey.
abstract: Eighty-eight radiologists who performed aortography responded to a postal questionnaire. Three-quarters used the transfemoral catheter method and a quarter routinely performed translumbar aortography. The majority used low-osmolality contrast media. Most translumbar aortograms are performed under general anaesthesia and most transfemoral techniques under sedation and/or analgesia. Details of catheters, guide wires and methods of injection were also obtained from the survey.
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D011229:Preanesthetic Medication
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media