About IR procedures and tests

Central venous access. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

What is a central venous access? A central venous access (a.k.a. a central line  or a central venous catheter) is a catheter placed into a patient and its tip advanced into a central vein. The right atrium, the superior and inferior vena cava, the subclavian veins, the brachiocephalic veins and the iliac veins are considered […]

Read more

Percutaneous aspiration or drainage of body fluids. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

What are body fluids? Blood is body fluid, but a natural one and so is cerebrospinal fluid which baths the brain and the spinal cord. There are, however, times when ill-health in specific parts of the body induce the formation of abnormal collections of fluid, which if not diagnosed and drained will cause more problems. […]

Read more

Uterine fibroid (artery) embolization. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

What is uterine fibroid embolization? Uterine fibroids are benign tumors (noncancerous) that grow in the uterus. There may be one or countless fibroids and they grow in any part of the uterus, frequently disfiguring it and making it grow to enormous proportions. These tumors grow and multiply under the influence of the female hormone, estrogen, […]

Read more

Sonography of the arteries of the lower limbs. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

What is lower limb? Humans are bipeds, animals with 2 legs. We also have 2 arms. In medical terminology each of the legs and arms is called a limb or an extremity, the arms being upper limbs (or upper extremities) and the legs, the lower limbs (or lower extremities). What are arteries of the lower […]

Read more

Sonography of the carotid arteries. Ken U. Ekechukwu, MD, MPH, FACP.

What is Carotid artery? An artery is a vessel that carries fresh blood from the heart to another part of the body, while a vein returns used blood to the heart to be pumped to the lungs for oxygenation. (The exceptions to this rule are the pulmonary artery, which carries impure blood from the heart […]

Read more
Page 2 of 3123