As techniques have become established, technology has moved forward at a breathtaking pace making regular update vital to stay abreast of this expanding speciality. The topics and authors in this book have been carefully selected to reflect these recent advances and to inform and educate the reader. All authors are renowned and respected within their fields of endovascular intervention. They have provided an up-to-date text covering all main aspects of vascular disease. This book will appeal to all specialists who practice endovascular intervention in the fields of interventional radiology, vascular surgery and cardiology. The readership should extend to all members of the endovascular team, be they doctor, nurse, technologist or technician. It will hopefully update the reader in many of these exciting areas. We hope you enjoy it.