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Cobra catheter
The Cobra tip shape configuration is used in selective angiographic catheters and designed for catheterization and subselection of vessels, in order to secure access, advance, exchange devices, or deliver contrast in the target vessel 1.
The Cobra tip-shape configuration is also used in urology...
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Simmons catheter
The Simmons catheter, also known as Sidewinder 1, Sim, or SS catheter, is a common reverse-curve angiographic selective access catheter designed for catheterization and subselection of brachiocephalic or visceral arteries, in order to secure access, advance, and exchange devices, or deliver cont...
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Inferior petrosal sinus sampling
Inferior petrosal sinus sampling is an infrequently used method of confirming the presence of a hormonally active pituitary microadenoma when imaging alone has been insufficient. This technique is able to confirm that excess hormone (e.g. ACTH) is being produced by the pituitary and may also hel...
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Selective access catheters
Selective access catheters are designed for catheterization and subselection of vessel ostia, biliary, urogenital, or digestive tracts. They come in different tip shapes that have wall-seeking behavior. They also ensure the advancement down the target destination and provide positional stability...
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Segmental arterial mediolysis
Segmental arterial mediolysis (SAM) is an increasingly recognized vascular disease of the middle-aged and elderly and a leading cause of spontaneous intra-abdominal hemorrhage. It is characterized by fusiform aneurysms, stenoses, dissections and occlusions within splanchnic arterial branches. Im...
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Branches of the external carotid artery (mnemonic)
Mnemonics for the branches of the external carotid artery abound. A few colorful examples include:
Some American Ladies Found Our Pyramids Most Satisfactory
Some Anatomists Like Freaking Out Poor Medical Students
She Always Likes Friends Over Papa, Mama, and Sister
There are many many many ...
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Kumpe catheter
The Kumpe catheter, also known as KMP, is a selective access catheter designed for biliary and urinary tract cannulation, in order to secure access, navigate, advance, exchange devices, or deliver contrast in the target destination.
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proximal end: luer lock hub
distal tip-shape: ang...
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Access guidewires
Access guidewires are interventional procedures wires used during the first steps of interventions, to secure stable access and sheaths/catheter insertion. They are quickly exchanged for a navigation wire thereafter.
The most common access wires are1:
Cope Mandril wire
Nitrex wire
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Celiac plexus block
Celiac plexus block under image guidance is an easy and safe percutaneous procedure with good outcomes for pain palliation in patients who have chronic abdominal pain related to the celiac plexus.
This usually includes patients with advanced cancers, especially from upper abdominal viscera, su...
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Internal carotid artery dissection
Internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection, like arterial dissection elsewhere, is a result of blood entering the media through a tear in the intima 1 and is a common cause of stroke in younger patients.
Epidemiology
Dissection may occur at any age but is a common cause of stroke in young patien...
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Renal double curve catheter
The renal double curve catheter is an angiographic selective access catheter, designed for catheterization and subselection of acutely originating renal arteries 1 through a femoral approach, in order to secure access, advance, exchange devices, or deliver contrast.
It can also be used for the ...
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Ultrasound guided breast biopsy
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous breast biopsy is a widely used technique for an accurate histopathological assessment of suspected breast pathology. It is a fast, safe and economical procedure.
Indications
Ultrasound guidance is limited to lesions visible on ultrasound study. The biopsy is gene...
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Corticosteroids
Corticosteroids are drugs/medications widely used in several areas of medicine. They are also known as glucocorticoids, cortisone and colloquially steroids (note: do not mix up with anabolic steroids).
They are synthetic analogs of naturally occurring endogenous steroids produced by the adrenal...
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Cryoablation
Cryoablation refers to the use of thermal energy in the form of very low temperatures to achieve targeted destruction of tumor cells. It is an image-guided technique, currently widely employed in the management of renal 1, hepatic 2 and lung tumors 3.
Historically, a rudimental form of cryosurg...
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Lidocaine
Lidocaine, also known as lignocaine or its tradename Xylocaine, is a very commonly used amino amide local anesthetic in interventional radiology. It also has a wide range of medical applications. In practice, it is found in concentrations of 1%, 2% or as a combination with epinephrine.
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Botulism
Botulism is a neuroparalytic syndrome manifesting as diffuse generalized flaccid paralysis caused by exposure to botulinum neurotoxin. It can be potentially fatal.
Botulinum toxin is the deadliest toxin due to high lethality and potency. The lethal dose (LD 50) is 1-3 ng of toxin per 1 kg of bo...
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Cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injection
Cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injections (ILESIs) are used to inject steroids in the epidural space and around the exiting nerve roots and are one of the two main spinal epidural injections; the other is cervical transforaminal epidural injections.
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Typically performed in ...
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Lumbar interlaminar epidural injection
Lumbar interlaminar epidural injections are one of some possible spinal epidural injections. For an alternative approach for the same region, please refer to the article on lumbar transforaminal epidural injections.
Indications
Typically, epidural injections are performed in patients with rad...
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Headhunter catheter
The headhunter catheter is a selective angiographic catheter designed for catheterization and subselection of brachiocephalic or visceral arteries, in order to secure access, advance, exchange devices, or deliver contrast in the target vessel.
It can also be used in percutaneous fallopian tube ...
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Navigation guidewires
Navigation guidewires are interventional procedure guidewires used to navigate, maneuver and subselect structures and vessel targets. They are inserted after securing access with a sheath/catheter and are often exchanged for a rail wire after reaching the target destination 1.
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