Role of interventional radiology in the management of acute gastrointestinal bleeding.
Acute gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) can lead to significant morbidity and mortality without appropriate treatment. There are numerous causes of acute GIB including but not limited to infection, vascular anomalies, inflammatory diseases, trauma, and malignancy. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach of GIB depends on its location, severity, and etiology. The role of interventional radiology becomes vital in patients whose GIB remains resistant to medical and endoscopic treatment. Radiology offers diagnostic imaging studies and endovascular therapeutic interventions that can be performed promptly and effectively with successful outcomes. Computed tomography angiography and nuclear scintigraphy can localize the source of bleeding and provide essential information for the interventional radiologist to guide therapeutic management with endovascular angiography and transcatheter embolization. This review article provides insight into the essential role of Interventional Radiology in the management of acute GIB.
Raja S Ramaswamy, Hyung Won Choi, Kazim H Narsinh, Kevin C McCammack, Tharintorn Treesit, Thomas B Kinney, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, United States.
Raja S
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Ramaswamy
Raja S Ramaswamy, Hyung Won Choi, Kazim H Narsinh, Kevin C McCammack, Tharintorn Treesit, Thomas B Kinney, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, United States.
Hyung Won
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Choi
Raja S Ramaswamy, Hyung Won Choi, Kazim H Narsinh, Kevin C McCammack, Tharintorn Treesit, Thomas B Kinney, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, United States.
Hans C
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Mouser
Raja S Ramaswamy, Hyung Won Choi, Kazim H Narsinh, Kevin C McCammack, Tharintorn Treesit, Thomas B Kinney, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, United States.
Kazim H
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Narsinh
Raja S Ramaswamy, Hyung Won Choi, Kazim H Narsinh, Kevin C McCammack, Tharintorn Treesit, Thomas B Kinney, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, United States.
Kevin C
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McCammack
Raja S Ramaswamy, Hyung Won Choi, Kazim H Narsinh, Kevin C McCammack, Tharintorn Treesit, Thomas B Kinney, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, United States.
Tharintorn
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Treesit
Raja S Ramaswamy, Hyung Won Choi, Kazim H Narsinh, Kevin C McCammack, Tharintorn Treesit, Thomas B Kinney, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, United States.
Thomas B
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Kinney
Angiography; Embolization; Interventional radiology; Lower gastrointestinal bleeding; Therapeutic management; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding