Wires, Stents & Caffeine – Interventional Radiology Oversized Raglan T-Shirt

For those whose daily essentials include guidewires, stents and a reliable dose of caffeine.

This playful, hand-drawn design brings together the unmistakable tools of interventional radiology—including a vascular stent, catheter, lead apron and stethoscope. Made for interventional radiologists, radiology residents, fellows, cath-lab teams and everyone who feels at home in the angio suite.

A fun addition to your hospital wardrobe and a thoughtful gift for your favourite radiologist or medical colleague.

• Fabric: 100% cotton, 180 GSM

• Pre-shrunk for improved shape retention

• Relaxed, oversized unisex fit

• Classic raglan-sleeve construction

• Durable ribbed neckline

• Care: Wash inside-out in cold water, dry on low heat and iron inside-out when required

The story behind the design — 1969

Five years after the first angioplasty, Charles Dotter placed coilspring tube grafts inside the popliteal arteries of dogs and showed they stayed patent long-term. He had built the stent. Nobody put one in a human coronary artery until 1986, and the first series was not published until 1987 — close to two decades of the idea sitting in the literature, waiting for the metallurgy and the anticoagulation to catch up.

Wires and stents, then. The caffeine you supply yourself.

Dotter CT. Transluminally-placed coilspring endarterial tube grafts. Invest Radiol 1969;4:329–332. Sigwart U, Puel J, Mirkovitch V, et al. N Engl J Med 1987;316:701.