Milestones Pioneered by Interventional Radiologists • 1964 Angioplasty • 1966 Embolization therapy to treat tumors and spinal cord vascular malformations by blocking the blood flow • 1967 The Judkins technique of coronary angiography, the technique still most widely used around the world today • 1967 Closure of the patent ductus arteriosis, a heart defect in newborns of a vascular opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta • 1967 Selective vasoconstriction infusions for hemorrhage, now commonly used for bleeding ulcers, GI bleeding and arterial bleeding • 1969 The catheter-delivered stenting technique and prototype stent • 1960-74 Tools for interventions such as heparinized guidewires, contrast injector, disposable catheter needles and see-through film changer • 1970s Percutaneous removal of common bile duct stones • 1970s Occlusive coils • 1972 Selective arterial embolization for GI bleeding, which was adapted to treat massive bleeding in other arteries in the body and to block blood supply to tumors • 1973 Embolization for pelvic trauma • 1974 Selective arterial thrombolysis for arterial occlusions, now used to treat blood clots, stroke, DVT, etc. • 1974 Transhepatic embolization for variceal bleeding • 1977-78 Embolization technique for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and varicoceles • 1977-83 Bland- and chemo-embolization for treatment of hepatocellular cancer and disseminated liver metastases • 1980 Cryoablation to freeze liver tumors • 1980 Development of special tools and devices for biliary manipulation • 1980s Biliary stents to allow bile to flow from the liver saving patients from biliary bypass surgery • 1981 Embolization technique for spleen trauma • 1982 TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) to improve blood flow in damaged livers from conditions such as cirrhosis and hepatitis C • 1982 Dilators for interventional urology, percutaneous removal of kidney stones • 1983 The balloon-expandable stent (peripheral) used today • 1985 Self-expanding stents • 1990 Percutaneous extraction of gallbladder stones • 1990 Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) technique for liver tumors • 1990s Treatment of bone and kidney tumors by embolization • 1990s RFA for soft tissue tumors, i.e., bone, breast, kidney, lung and liver cancer • 1991 Abdominal aortic stent grafts • 1994 The balloon-expandable coronary stent used today • 1997 Intra-arterial delivery of tumor-killing viruses and gene therapy vectors to the liver • 1999 Percutaneous delivery of pancreatic islet cells to the liver for transplantation to treat diabetes • 1999 Developed the endovenous laser ablation procedure to treat varicose veins and venous disease [2] 在医学领域内现代介入放射学虽已经发展到无远弗届，但仍然存在无限的可能，仍存在无限的可以探索的领域，只要我们追寻... |