1. Vascular Interventional Radiology in Children

Kumiko Nozawa, Eiji Oguma, Yumiko Sato
Department of Radiolory, Saitama Children's Medical Center

Abstract
　　Vascular interventional radiology（IVR）technique has come into wide use for adult patients, and furthermore, the number of pediatric patients is increasing. In our institute, twenty-six patients subjected to operated vascular IVR, excluding cardiac interventions, for twelve years. There are 24 cases of arterial embolization and 2 cases of renal arterial angioplasty. This review article describes the procedures, results, complications and problems of these vascular IVR.

Keywords：Pediatric, Vascular, IVR