For some, the birthplace of interventional radiology (IR) can be considered the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. There, in 1953, Swedish radiologist Dr. Sven Ivar Seldinger introduced the technique of using a hollow needle to puncture and gain access to a blood vessel, inserting an exchange wire through the hollow of this needle into the vessel, and then using this exchange wire to introduce medical devices such as catheters. The eponymously named Seldinger technique was what allowed many early angiographers to expand their field of practice. Today, the Seldinger technique remains a commonly used technique across interventional radiology.
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