Embolization

Zusatztext

<p>As minimally invasive therapies, endovascular embolization and chemo-embolization are now the first-choice palliative or curative therapeutic alternatives in oncology, traumatology, functional pathology, treatment of benign tumors, and management of post operative complications.</p><p>This book is a handy pocket guide for trainee vascular radiologists, and serves as an aide-memoire for senior vascular radiologists. Each procedure is shown in its entirety and also discusses expected outcomes.</p><p><p>The first part of the book covers the materials and techniques used; the second part deals with the general physiopathological principles of embolization; and the third part analyses the main anatomo-clinical situations and strategies.</p><p><p>This book is a handy and accessible guide for quick reference aimed at clinical interventional radiologists in multidisciplinary staff rooms and angiography suites.</p>

Autorenportrait

<p>Pascal Chabrot, PhD, is renowned in his area and has published widely in both French and English, including in Acta Radiol., Journal Radiol., Journal des Maladies Vasculaires, and in a number of books. He has given numerous talks and lectures, and has held the post of head of the faculty of medicine at the university of Clermont-Ferrand since 2004, as well as having served in the French military medical service and having been awarded the bronze Medal for National Defence. He is an active member of a number of societies such as the Société Française de Radiologie, the Société Française d¿Imagerie Cardio-Vasculaire and the Société Française d¿Abord Veineux. He is also a junior member of the international Cardio-Vascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe. </p><p><p>Louis Boyer, PhD, Professor and a distinguished authority in this area, who has sat on the committees of numerous French and international working groups, societies and commissions. These include: the European Association of Radiology, the Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (USA,) the Cardio-Vascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, the Société Française d¿Imagerie Cardio-Vasculaire; as well as having been the secretary for many groups and societies in France. He has a strong research record, and since 2006 has been on the national list of experts in the field of medical accidents (with emphasis on interventional radiology.) His university credentials are numerous; he has held such posts as director of research (Université d¿Auvergne), head of the Clinic at the Faculty of Medicine (Clermont-Ferrand)v and elected member of the sub-section of the CNU since October 2000. He is currently the head of the vascular radiology service at the G. Montpied hospital (CHU de Clermont-Ferrand)</p><p>

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