Principles of Vascular Access

Invasive vascular diagnosis remains an essential competency in image-guided intervention. The interventionalist’s responsibility includes providing preprocedural consultation and postprocedure care as well as performing the procedure. Vascular access selection requires consideration of the target vascular bed, devices that will be used, and the ability to obtain hemostasis at the end of the procedure. Imaging (the blood vessels injected and images collected) should match the vascular anatomy, physiology, and clinical scenario.