Main description:

Interventional and Endovascular Therapy of the Nervous System will be a simple and easy to use reference for every practitioner in the field. The book will include numerous diagrams and illustrations on the procedural aspects of the cases in question. Specific chapters will deal with the practical hands on aspects of interventional neuroradiology, with emphasis on diagnostics, procedural techniques, safety issues and complications.

Contents:

Foreward; Preface; Acknowledgements; Platelets and Coagulation; Room, Equipment, Basic Techniques; Aneurysms; Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Angioplasty and Stenting; Intracranial Angioplasty and Stenting; Intracranial Angioplasty and Stenting; Endovascular Treatment of Vasospasm; Dural Arteriovenous Malformations; Carotid Cavernous Fistulas; Balloon Test Occlusion and Post-Occlusion Patient Care; Spine; Tumor Embolization; Trauma and Hemorrhage; Thrombolysis and Treatment of Acute Stroke; Venous Thrombotic Disease; Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain