Valji K, ed. The Practice of Interventional Radiology (With Online Cases and Videos). Elsevier Saunders; 2012; 784 pages; $199.00.

This is a general interventional radiology book covering all of vascular and non-vascular interventional procedures.  Written by Tony Smith of Duke, the 30-page chapter on neurointerventions is new since the 2006 edition. First, it briefly covers neurovascular anatomy, and then discusses clinical and procedural aspects and extra- and intra-atherosclerotic disease.  Then acute stroke is covered, with appropriate weight given to patient triage and IV t-PA therapy.  Indications for embolization and other endovascular therapies are discussed, including tumor embolization, epistaxis, and head and neck trauma. However, aneurysm and AVMs are not discussed.

An online link allows the purchaser to watch procedural videos, with captions explaining the procedure step-by-step as well as 110 unknown cases with questions and discussion. Unfortunately, none of these videos or cases pertains to neurointerventions. While well written and well-illustrated, this book chapter serves more to make this general interventional radiology book more well rounded and can mainly be used by those practicing general interventional radiology to understand the basics of neurointerventions.  Therefore, this book, although well written and well illustrated, is not recommended to practicing diagnostic or interventional neuroradiologists, nor to neuroradiology fellows.