Transfemoral selective angiography in the Investigation of cerebral ischaemic disease. Review of 400 consecutive studies.: I. Technique and evaluation of method.

Abstract

Summary Angiographic assessment of cerebro‐vascular disease requires films of high quality and information regarding all extracranial and intra‐cranial vessels. Direct carotid puncture and arch aortography are considered inadequate in several important respects. Four hundred trans‐femoral selective catheter studies have been reviewed to determine if this method offers a practical alternative. The technique was totally successful in 95.5% and diagnostic information was invariably of high quality. This method is recommended as the procedure of choice in the angiographic examination of ischaemic cerebral disease.

The history of neuroradiology: An Australian perspective

“…He was followed by others such as Bernard Vaughan and John Vary in Perth in 1967 (ApSimon T, personal communication) and those Australian radiologists returning from overseas, where the technique was being actively introduced. In particular, the morbidity associated with percutaneous cerebral angiography was reported (31,32), and the advantages of transfemoral catheter angiography was recognized (32,33). The catheter technique also was more easily performed in the pediatric age group (34).…”