title: A case-based approach to common embolization agents used in vascular interventional radiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this article is to familiarize the reader with the most commonly used embolic agents in interventional radiology and discuss an approach for selecting among the different embolic agents. This article reviews their properties and uses a case-based approach to explain how to select one.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A wide variety of embolic agents are available. Familiarity with the available embolic agents and selection of the most appropriate embolic agent is critical in interventional radiology to achieve optimum therapeutic response and avoid undesired, potentially disastrous complications such as nontarget embolization.
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Medsinge
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zajko
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Orons
authors.forename: Nikhil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amesur
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061185:Mechanical Thrombolysis / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006490:Hemostatics
keywords: bleeding; embolic agents; interventional radiology; occlusion