Contemporary interventional procedures for vascular disorders in children

Pediatric interventional radiology offers new treatment options not possible a few years ago. Interventional radiologists treat not only certain causes of hemorrhage but also symptomatic arteriovenous malformations, renovascular hypertension, and portal hypertension. Interventionalists help maintain liver and renal transplants, increasing transplant patient survival. In addition to these selected disorders and types of radiological intervention, specific procedures such as thrombolysis, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts, and maintenance of hemodialysis access are discussed.