Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe
CIRSE Patient Information
CIRSE Patient Information
CIRSE Patient Information
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CIRSE’s patient information leaflets are designed to inform patients in plain English what they can expect to experience before, during and after several common interventional procedures. From the leaflets, patients can learn

  • the purpose of the procedure
  • how they will benefit from the procedure
  • what preparations they should take in advance
  • what to expect during the procedure
  • any risks they should be aware of
  • what the follow-up plan after the procedure will look like

Sharable web PDFs for twelve common procedures are listed below. If you would like to print the full set of leaflets for sharing or display, documents containing all twelve leaflets are also available in both colour and black and white versions.

Web leaflets

Arterial angioplasty and stenting
Carotid stenting
Central venous catheter insertion - tunnelled cuffed catheters
Central venous catheter insertion – venous ports
Image-guided percutaneous biopsy
Minimally invasive treatments for renal cell cancer
Nephrostomy and ureteric stenting
Percutaneous fluid and abscess drainage
Percutaneous gastrostomy
Percutaneous sclerotherapy for vascular malformation
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary stenting and drainage
Peripherally inserted central catheters
Prostatic artery embolisation (PAE)
Radioembolization (TARE) and chemoembolization (TACE)
Uterine artery embolisation
Venous embolization for varicocele
Venous stenting
Vertebroplasty

Patient information posters

Help patients be aware of what IR can do!

The following posters may be printed in A3 or A4 formats for display in offices and waiting rooms, where patients can scan the code on their mobile device to be transferred directly to CIRSE’s patient information pages.

A3 Posters

A4 Posters

Print the full set of leaflets!

The below document contains the full set of 19 patient information leaflets, optimized for printing.

Patient information leaflets - full set

CIRSE is very grateful for the efforts of the Patient Information Task Force in creating these leaflets.