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What Is Interventional Radiology?
- Source :
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Medicine & Health Rhode Island . Dec2009, Vol. 92 Issue 12, p388-388. 1/2p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The article offers information about interventional radiology. It notes that the term interventional radiology was coined by doctor Alexander Margulis in 1967. It defines interventional radiology as a medical specialty committed to patients' clinical care in an image-guided, innovative, and minimally invasive procedure. It mentions that doctor Charles Dotter first introduced interventional radiology when he percutaneously dilated a superficial femoral artery stenosis in 1964.
- Subjects :
- *INTERVENTIONAL radiology
*MEDICAL radiology
*MEDICAL specialties & specialists
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10865462
- Volume :
- 92
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Medicine & Health Rhode Island
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 47139777