Milestones in Interventional Radiology

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovered X-rays.

Tools for interventions such as heparinized guidewires, contrast injector, disposable catheter needles and see-through film changer.

Embolization therapy to treat tumors and spinal cord vascular malformations by blocking the blood flow.

Closure of the patent ductus arteriosis, a heart defect in newborns of a vascular opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta.

The Judkins technique of coronary angiography, the technique still most widely used around the world today.

Selective vasoconstruction infusions for hemorrhage, now commonly used for bleeding ulcers, GI bleeding, and arterial bleeding.

The catheter-delivered stenting technique and prototype stent