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Few Useful Interventional Radiology Websites
1.
Clinical Practice Guidelines Handbook at
http://www.practiceguidelines.org is an online book from the Society of Cardiovascular
& Interventional Radiology that "attempts to define practice principles that generally
should assist in producing high quality medical care". The handbook contains Quality
Improvement Documents, Consensus Documents, Credentialing Statements, Policy and
Position Statements (such as Guidelines regarding HIV and other blood borne pathogens
in vascular/interventional radiology), Technology assessment documents and Standards
from outside organizations.
2. The Journal of Endovascular Therapy
is accessible at http://www.jevt.org/
. Formerly called as Journal of Endovascular Surgery, this online journal has
free access to full-text articles. A useful index of archives is also available.
3. Endovascular Therapy Of Cerebral Aneurysms at http://www.miit.com/99/dion_ec.htm
is a review article written by JE. Dion, from the Emory University. The material
is comprehensive and covers a variety of issues including techniques, results
& complications.
4.
Endovascular Stenting for Carotid Bifurcation Stenosis is a feature on Carotid
angioplasty and stenting by G Cheung et al from the Sunnybrook Health Science
Centre, University of Toronto, Canada. The site, which is available at http://www.sunnybrook.utoronto.ca/~medimg/carotid_stent/stent2.html
has stuff on management of risk factors, complications of carotid endarterectomy
etc. In addition, there are updates on carotid endarterectomy in the treatment
of asymptomatic and sympathetic carotid stenosis.
5. Interventional
Musculoskeletal Procedures is accessible at
http://www-ulpmed.u-strasbg.fr/irws/index.html
. A. Gangi et al from the Strasbourg, Université at France has authored this
multimedia tutorial. Similarly, Tips And Tricks In Vertebroplasty is also
available. http://www.haguenau-radiologie.com/girws/index.html
6.
Peripheral Vascular Disease is a three-article symposium coordinated by JL
Vacek, accessible at http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/1999/09_99/symp_int.htm
The symposium features "What's new in evaluation and treatment", Catheter-based
methods for managing peripheral vascular disease, and Current trends in peripheral
vascular surgery
7. Chronic Critical Limb Ischemia Diagnosis, Treatment
and Prognosis is a feature article available at http://www.aafp.org/afp/990401ap/1899.html
The material deals with critical limb ischemia, rest pain, objective hemodynamic
parameters, interventions and bypass grafts Similarly an article on deep venous
thrombosis is accessible from the American Association of Family Physicians. Titled
Diagnostic Imaging of Lower Limb Deep Venous Thrombosis , this article
is authored by TJ Barloon et al from the University of Iowa College of Medicine
at Iowa and is available at http://www.aafp.org/afp/970901ap/thrombosis.html
8. Uterine Fibroid Embolization at http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000615/3601.html
is a feature article authored by SJ Smith, LaGrange Memorial Hospital, Illinois.
The article highlights the indications, procedural steps and advantages of Uterine
fibroid embolisation. An useful set of links mapping related material on uterine
fibroid embolization is available at http://www.uterinefibroids.com/c_uae.htm#Links
9. Radquiz Vascular Radiology Cases at http://www.radquiz.com/vascular.Teaching.htm
is an online assemblage of interventional and vascular radiology cases hyperlinked
from classic teaching files from websites such as UHRAD, AJR, UAB trauma cases
and UAB vascular teaching cases.
10. Interventional rounds
at http://www.mirs.org/interv.htm
is particularly interesting with a list of cases ranging from Insertion of Central
venous access ports in interventional radiology and Percutaneous vertebroplasty
to Percutaneous closure of a patent ductus arteriosus
Endpiece-
There are numerous online teaching files in Interventional Radiology.
Among them a few salient sites include Interventional Radiology Teaching File
at http://rpiwww.mdacc.tmc.edu/di/irtf.html
which hosts cases by regions including chest, GIT, gynecological, head & neck,
musculoskeletal and urology, Angiography and Interventional Modules at
http://www.t2star.com/angio.html
and UNC Cardiovascular Radiology Teaching File at http://sunsite.unc.edu/jksmith/UNC-Radiology-Webserver/CVInterventional.html
When it comes to the issue of links, an ingenious sets of Interventional
Radiology links are available at SCVIR Links at http://www.scvir.org/irlinks.htm
and Vascular Technology Links at http://uhwww.unm.edu/uh/diag/v_link.shtml
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