As well as its needed effects, penicillin v potassium (the active ingredient contained in Penicillin VK) may cause unwanted side effects that require medical attention. Stop taking penicillin v potassium and get emergency help immediately if any of the following effects occur:
Interventional radiology (IR), also known as vascular and interventional radiology (VIR) or surgical radiology, is an independent medical specialty, which was a sub-specialty of radiology until recently, that uses minimally invasive image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat diseases in nearly every organ system.
By Jose Vega MD, PhD. Updated January 26, 2016. Vascular neurology, in layman's terms, is the treatment of strokes. Stroke is a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel carrying oxygen to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. Part of the brain cannot get the blood (and oxygen) it needs, so it and brain cells die.