Cardiovascular and interventional radiology
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Nov 2000
Comment Letter Comparative StudyRe: Peripheral venous access ports: outcomes analysis in 109 patients.
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Jul 2000
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyAnesthesia practice and clinical trends in interventional radiology: a European survey.
To determine current European practice in interventional radiology regarding nursing care, anesthesia, and clinical care trends. ⋯ This survey shows clear differences in the use of sedation for vascular and visceral interventional procedures. Many, often complex, procedures are performed at the awake/alert level of sedation in Europe, whereas deeper levels of sedation are used in the United States. Trends toward making interventional radiology a clinical specialty are evident, with 51% of respondents having day case beds, and 30% having inpatient beds.
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · May 2000
Clinical TrialThrombus on indwelling central venous catheters: the histopathology of "Fibrin sheaths".
Central venous catheters (CVC) may fail for many reasons, though "fibrin sheaths" blocking catheter ports are usually implicated. We examined the sheaths removed from dialysis catheters to determine their histopathology. ⋯ Dialysis catheters fail because of thrombus formation. This can occur in either the absence or presence of a protein coating on the catheter, the so-called "fibrin sheath."
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · May 2000
Peripheral venous access ports: outcomes analysis in 109 patients.
To perform a retrospective outcomes analysis of central venous catheters with peripheral venous access ports, with comparison to published data. ⋯ Peripheral ports for long-term central venous access placed by interventional radiologists in the interventional radiology suite are as safe and as effective as chest ports.
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Jan 2000
Annual meeting and postgraduate course of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, and joint meeting with the European Society of Cardiac Radiology (ESCR) and joint meeting with the 3rd Basic Multidisciplinary Haemodialysis Access Course. Maastricht, The Netherlands, September 10-14, 2000. Abstracts.