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Useful Interventional Portals
1.
Society of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology (SCVIR) at http://www.scvir.org/
is the website of a professional society for physicians who specialize in interventional
or minimally invasive procedures. The site has sections on Consumers, Membership,
Education material, The engrossing Clinical Practice Guidelines accessible at
http://www.scvir.org/clinical/index.htm#9
http://www.practiceguidelines.org
deals fundamentally with practice principles producing high quality interventional
radiology care. .
2. Endovascular-org at http://www.endovascular.org/
is an interesting site which offers content and relevant information about circulatory
diseases and vascular interventions. An initial registration is mandatory. EndoChat
room is a bulletin board formatted room where one can create a dialogue with interventional
colleagues throughout the world. Experts Online is an interactive "Ask
the Experts" section with a guest editor, which is updated monthly. Archives
from September 1996 onwards are also available. Interactive Challenge is
a set of interesting Endovascular Cases that ends with a brief discussion of the
author's preferred approach.
3. Cathlab
at http://www.cathlab.com/
is an engrossing website that focuses on Interventionists by combining an enormous
database, interactive media and the world wide web. The site has sections on education,
organizations, publications etc. The section on companies at http://www.cathlab.com/companies/
is a handy and useful database comprising of the makers of angioplasty balloons,
catheters, contrast media, guide wires, stents etc
4.
PTCA Angioplasty Home Page at http://www.ptca.org
is an interactive site that features News: late-breaking news available online,
Forum : a discussion area on a wide range of topics, Interview with pioneers in
interventional cardiology. The Videos section is "an visual archive of clips,
containing exclusive interview material with Andreas Gruentzig, dramatic narratives
about the first angioplasty, the "accidental" invention of coronary angiography;
all clips are available in the Real Video format for instant "streaming". An exceptionally
good set of links are at hand at http://www.ptca.org/links.html
5. Vascular Disease Foundation at http://www.vdf.org/
dealing with the all-important condition of peripheral arterial disease which
clearly is underdiagnosed and undertreated. The site has numerous features such
as information on Peripheral Arterial Disease and smoking. A set of recommended
links is accessible at http://www.vdf.org/links_Frame.htm
6.
Legs For Life at http://www.legsforlife.org
"is a national screening program for peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
dedicated to improving the cardiovascular health of the community. Legs For Life
is supported by the American Radiological Nurses Association (ARNA), the Society
for Vascular Nursing (SVN), and the Cardiovascular Radiology Council of the American
Heart Association". Additionally, the site has facts about abdominal aortic
aneurysm and "Know Your Risk for PVD"
7. Dotter Interventional
Institute at http://www.ohsu.edu/dotter/
has a variety of features. One such area is the New technology in Interventional
that features Fibroid Embolization, Endoluminal Treatment of AAA, Carotid Stenting
and TIPS
8. Intravascular Imaging is accessible at http://www.remedica.com/ii/us/ii/index.html
Offered free from Remedica Publishing, Ltd, a mandatory registration is required.
"This journal, which is read by more than 10,000 clinicians worldwide, is
designed as a guide to the now extensive but often dispersed literature on vascular
investigation available to interventional clinicians." The editorial team
reviews significant articles on intravascular imaging topics. Similarly, Interventionalist
and Interventional News at http://www.interventionalist.org
is a product of a landmark collaboration between the SCVIR (North America) and
CIRSE (Europe), "created to enhance interdisciplinary communication, to deliver
up-to-date articles on new developments, and provide news and information to the
interventional community around the world".
9. The Interventional
Neuroradiology Service at Wake Forest University School of Medicine is highlighted
at http://www.rad.bgsm.edu/interventionneurorad/Intervent_neurorad.htm
. The site offers information on a full array of the advanced and innovative minimally
invasive therapeutic procedures for disorders of the central nervous system. Illustrations
of typical procedures such as aneurysm embolization coils or with balloons, arteriovenous
malformation and tumor embolisation, carotid and vertebral artery angioplasty
and stenting, vertebroplasty, carotid cavernous fistulas and emergency stroke
therapy are all featured.
10. The official portals of few of
the Manufacturers Of Interventional Hardware Materials is exclusively
available at Bard at http://www.bardaccess.com/
, Boston Scientific at http://www.bsci.com/scimed/
, Cook Group at http://www.cookgroup.com/
and Terumo at http://www.terumomedical.com/default.asp?dest=interventional
. A remarkable feature describing the Seldinger Revolution is available
from Cook Group at http://www.cookgroup.com/history/innovators.html.
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