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A detailed understanding of the different types of embolic agents and their utility in a variety of clinical scenarios is considered standard knowledge for all IRs.

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    Matthew Czar Taon

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  1. The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, ON, Canada

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  2. Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Adam E. M. Eltorai

  3. Brown University, East Providence, RI, USA

    Terrance Healey

  4. Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Sun Ahn

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Taon, M.C. (2022). Embolization. In: Chand, R., Eltorai, A.E.M., Healey, T., Ahn, S. (eds) Essential Interventional Radiology Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84172-0_16

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