Over the last decade, structural heart disease interventions have emerged as a new field in interventional cardiology. Currently, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited interventional cardiology fellowship programs in the United States provide high-quality and well established training curriculum in coronary and peripheral interventions, but training in structural i...

Concerns about ionizing radiation during interventional cardiology have been increased in recent years as a result of rapid growth in interventional procedure volumes and the high radiation doses associated with some procedures. Noncancer radiation risks to cardiologists and medical staff in terms of radiation-induced cataracts and skin injuries for patients appear clear potential consequences ...

The management of patient doses in interventional radiology (IR) is a challenging task because of the complexity of the procedures and the numerous settings available in the new x-ray and imaging systems. The International Commission on Radiological Protection has recently recognized the utility of reference levels during fluoroscopy guided procedures. This paper presents the experience in a la...

For over 20 years, interventional methods have improved the outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease. However, these procedures require an intricate combination of visual and tactile feedback and extensive training. In this paper, we describe a series of novel approaches that have led to the development of a high-fidelity simulation system for interventional neuroradiology. In particula...

BACKGROUND Interventional pain management is an evolving specialty. Multiple issues including preoperative fasting, sedation, and infection control have not been well investigated and addressed. Based on the necessity for sedation and also the adverse events related to interventional techniques, preoperative fasting is considered practical to avoid postoperative nausea and vomiting. However, th...

Background: To ensure precision and accuracy during interventional radiologic (IR) procedures, navigation systems are utilized. There are four main categories of guidance systems that can be used to assist in IR procedures: optical system, electromagnetic (EM) tracking, Cone Bean Computer Tomography (CBCT) and Magnetic Navigation system. Objective: The purpose of this report is to examine some ...

Nowadays, interventional procedures have been opened new horizons in the medicine. They constitute wide spectrum procedures from diagnosis to treatment in different medical disciplines. Various tissue samplings, specific intravascular samplings, different intravascular interventions in central and peripheral vascular systems for congenital and acquired vascular pathologies and complications [in...

1. Review the background and rational use of interventional pain techniques. 2. Assess adequate patient selection, indications, and the evidence to support the use of surgical interventional therapies for neuropathic pain. 3. Identify pros and cons of diff erent surgical ablative and functional neurosurgical interventional therapies to help determine the proper choice of technique for the treat...