title: Endovascular therapy for acute trauma: a pictorial review.
abstract: The traditional role of radiology in the multidisciplinary approach to modern trauma care has been primarily diagnostic and noninvasive. With the advent of more sophisticated and faster imaging equipment, computed tomography has further entrenched its role as the workhorse of trauma imaging. However, the specialty has evolved over the years with various therapeutic techniques now part of the interventional radiology armamentarium. Several of these techniques have become essential for the management of critically ill trauma patients. This article provides an overview of the common imaging findings of vascular and solid organ trauma from head to toe and subsequent endovascular interventions in these critically ill trauma patients.
authors: Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors: Anirudh
authors: A
authors: Mirakhur
authors: Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Cormack
authors: Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors: Muneer
authors: M
authors: Eesa
authors: Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: wongjk@ucalgary.ca.
authors: Jason K
authors: JK
authors: Wong
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Angiography; Embolization; Interventional radiology; Stent graft; Trauma