Principles of endoluminal therapy

This article provides an overview of current diagnostic and therapeutic roles of angiography, angioplasty and arterial stenting techniques and of recent advances which have been made in this field. Advances in non-invasive diagnostic imaging techniques of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) are discussed. Finally, the expanding role of endovascular aortic repair (EVAR), arterial thrombolysis and embolic therapy are briefly described.