Principles and techniques of transcatheter embolotherapy for peripheral vascular lesions.
Transcatheter embolotherapy (TCE), a common procedure for interventional radiologists, comprises transcatheter delivery of embolic agents into target vessels in order to eliminate lesions or lesion-associated symptoms. Good knowledge of delivery catheters and embolic agents is essential to optimize embolization techniques and to obtain the desired therapeutic outcomes. In this review, we describe the principles and techniques of TCE for peripheral arterial and venous lesions featuring visceral aneurysms, peripheral and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and varicoceles.
Osuga
Keigo
K
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan. osuga@radiol.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Mikami
Koji
K
Higashihara
Hiroki
H
Maeda
Noboru
N
Tsuboyama
Takahiro
T
Kuwabara
Masatomo
M
Onishi
Hiromitsu
H
Hori
Masatoshi
M
Kim
Tonsok
T
Tomoda
Kaname
K
Murakami
Takamichi
T
Nakamura
Hironobu
H
D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'