PATIENT AND STAFF DOSES FOR VARIOUS INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY AND CARDIOLOGY EXAMINATIONS IN TURKEY.

This study aims to determine the radiation doses of patients and staff during different interventional radiology and cardiology examinations. Dose measurements for interventional radiology examinations were performed in Ibn-i Sina Hospital of Ankara University using Siemens Artis-Zee medical imaging system. Patient dose measurement was carried out for interventional cardiology examinations in Cardiology Department of TOBB-ETU University, Medical Faculty Hospital using Philips Allura Centron interventional X-ray system.

Renal Autotransplantation in a Patient with Bilateral Renal Artery Stenosis Secondary to Takayasu Arteritis.

Involvement of the renal artery is common in Takayasu arteritis. We, herein, present on a patient with Takayasu arteritis causing severe renal failure and a successful auto-transplantation. This case shows that early diagnosis and immediate appropriate interventions are life-saving in patients with Takayasu arteritis.

Pharmacomechanical thrombolysis of symptomatic acute and subacute deep vein thrombosis with a rotational thrombectomy device.

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (PMT) with the use of a rotational thrombectomy device for symptomatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Materials And Methods: Between July 2012 and August 2013, 41 patients with acute or subacute DVT underwent PMT. The Cleaner thrombectomy device was used in a single-session technique for patients with lower-extremity DVT.

Unusual congenital aortic anomaly with rare common celiamesenteric trunk variation: MR angiography and digital substraction angiography findings.

Magnetic resonance angiography and digital substraction angiography (DSA) findings in a case with a rare congenital thoracoabdominal aortic hypoplasia and common celiamesenteric trunk variation with occlusion of infrarenal abdominal aorta are described here. To our knowledge, this aortic anomaly has not been previously described in the English literature. DSA is the optimum imaging modality for determination of aortic hypoplasia, associated vascular malformations, collateral vessels, and direction of flow within vessels.

Tunneled catheters placed in bone marrow transplant patients: radiological and clinical follow-up results.

Purpose: To present the radiological and clinical follow-up results of 75 bone marrow transplant patients who underwent fluoroscopy-guided tunneled catheter placement between June 2001 and June 2004.

Materials And Methods: Tunneled catheters were placed in 75 bone marrow transplant patients with fluoroscopic guidance. The left subclavian vein was used in 67 patients, whereas the right side was used in 9.

Thrombosis of the pulmonary artery in a patient with mucinous adenocarcinoma.

Background: The increased tendency to thromboembolism in cancer patient has been recognized for a long time. However, arterial thromboembolism and thrombosis of the pulinonary artery have rarely been reported. Pulmonary thromboembolism is usually a complication of peripheral venous thrombosis.

Direct contrast-enhanced 3D MR venography evaluation of upper extremity deep venous system.

Purpose: To investigate the diagnostic value of direct contrast-enhanced three dimensional magnetic resonance (3D MR) venography in mapping the deep venous system of the upper extremities and to plan potential interventional procedures.

Materials And Methods: Nineteen cases with the diagnoses of end-stage renal disease with multiple hemodialysis catheter access were examined. Direct contrast-enhanced 3D MR venograms were obtained with 1.

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the inferior right hepatic vein for the treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome.

Budd-Chiari Syndrome is one of the several causes of portal hypertension and is characterised by hepatomegaly, ascites and abdominal pain. The treatment requires either medical or interventional/surgical procedures. A case of Budd-Chiari Syndrome with a membranous web that causes obstruction in the ostium of the inferior right hepatic vein is reported here which was treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).

Comparison of effective doses obtained from dose-area product and air kerma measurements in interventional radiology.

In this study, measurements of dose-area product (DAP) and entrance dose were carried out simultaneously in a sample of 162 adult patients who underwent different interventional examinations. Effective doses for each measurement technique were estimated using the conversion factors that have been determined for specific X-ray views in a mathematical phantom. Exposure conditions used in clinical practice never match these theoretical models exactly, and deviations from the assumed standard conditions cause uncertainties in effective dose estimations.

Stent angioplasty of closed mesocaval shunt in a patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome.

Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is an uncommon disorder caused by hepatic venous outflow obstruction. It is characterized by ascites, hepatomegaly and abdominal pain. Percutaneous interventions have recently been used for the treatment of BCS.

Intrarenal arteriovenous fistula causing a "pseudonutcracker effect".

We report a case in which an intrarenal arteriovenous fistula caused the nutcracker effect. Color Doppler sonography of the left renal artery showed a peak systolic velocity of 150 cm/second and renoaortic ratio of 2.1.

Intrarenal varices in portal hypertension: demonstration by color Doppler imaging.

The gray-scale ultrasonographic appearances of dilated intrarenal vascular structures may mimic peripelvic cysts or hydronephrosis. We report a patient with portal hypertension in whom color Doppler ultrasound was found to be a very practical imaging technique in demonstrating varices of the renal segmental veins.

The effect of intrathecal sodium nitroprusside on severe chronic vasospasm.

The efficacy of sodium nitroprusside in resolving cerebral vasospasm was evaluated with multicisternal injections. Twelve animals received fresh, unheparinized arterial blood via three injections (15 ml total) into the cisterna magna. Selective vertebral arteriography was performed on Day 0, and blood injections were performed on the second and third days after the first injection.

Transclival approach to rabbit basilar artery for experimental induction of chronic vasospasm.

An experimental technique for producing delayed cerebral vasospasm in a rabbit model is described. The basilar artery is punctured via the transclival route and angiographic verification is illustrated.

Management of ureterosigmoidal anastomotic stricture by balloon dilatation.

Ureterosigmoidal anastomotic stricture is seen in nearly half of the patients who had ureterosigmoidostomy. Many of these patients are in need of reoperation. Balloon dilatation via percutaneous nephrostomy is an alternative method which avoids reoperation.

Fibromuscular dysplasia of the renal arteries treated with percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty: a case report.

A nine-year-old girl with renovascular hypertension is presented. The diagnosis of fibromuscular dysplasia was established by selective renal angiography, and percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty was performed. After successful dilation, the blood pressure returned to normal.