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Interventional Radiology — Expert Clinical Reference

Imaging · Clinical Bases

How it begins

Referencia clínica experta sobre procedimientos vasculares y no vasculares guiados por imagen: fundamentos técnicos, indicaciones, contraindicaciones, técnicas de ejecución, manejo de complicaciones y correlaciones clínicas de nivel avanzado.

What it covers

  1. Interventional Radiology
  2. 1. Introduction and History of Interventional Radiology
  3. · 1.1 Fundamental Historical Milestones
  4. · 1.2 Contemporary Areas of Action
  5. 2. Technical Foundations and Infrastructure
  6. · 2.1 The Intervention Room — Angiographic Suite
  7. · 2.2 Image Guidance Modalities
  8. 3. Seldinger Technique and Variants
  9. · 3.1 Vascular Access Sites
  10. · 3.2 Modified Seldinger Technique
  11. 4. Interventional Materials and Devices
  12. · 4.1 Guide Wires
  13. · 4.2 Diagnostic Catheters
  14. · 4.3 Microcatheters and Working Catheters
  15. · 4.4 Vascular Stents — Classification
  16. 5. Diagnostic Angiography
  17. · 5.1 Current Indications for Diagnostic Catheter Angiography
  18. · 5.2 Measurement of Intravascular Pressure Gradients
  19. 6. Percutaneous Arterial Revascularization
  20. · 6.1 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (ATP / PTA)
  21. · 6.2 Peripheral Arterial Stenting
  22. · 6.3 Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis (CDT)
  23. 7. Therapeutic Arterial Embolization
  24. · 7.1 Embolization Agents and Materials
  25. · 7.2 Embolization of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  26. · 7.3 Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UAE / UFE)
  27. · 7.4 Prostatic Embolization (PAE)
  28. 8. Venous Vascular Interventionism
  29. · 8.1 Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters
  30. · 8.2 Mechanical and Pharmacological Venous Thrombectomy
  31. · 8.3 Image-Guided Central Venous Access
  32. · 8.4 Adrenal Vein Sampling (AVS)
  33. 9. TIPS — Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunting
  34. · 9.1 TIPS Technique
  35. · 9.2 TIPS indications
  36. · 9.3 Contraindications and Complications of TIPS
  37. 10. TACE — Transarterial Chemoembolization
  38. · 10.1 Conventional TACE (cTACE)
  39. · 10.2 TACE with Loaded Microspheres (DEB-TACE)
  40. · 10.3 Response Criteria — mRECIST
  41. · 10.4 TACE in Colorectal Liver Metastases (TACE-FOLFOX)
  42. 11. TARE/SIRT — Radioembolization with Yttrium-90
  43. · 11.1 90 Y Microspheres Available
  44. · 11.2 Stages of the TARE Procedure
  45. · 11.3 Indications and Evidence
  46. 12. Percutaneous Tumor Ablation
  47. · 12.1 Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
  48. · 12.2 Microwave Ablation (MWA)
  49. · 12.3 Cryoablation
  50. · 12.4 Irreversible Electroporation (IRE / NanoKnife)
  51. · 12.5 HIFU / MRgFUS
  52. 13. Preoperative Portal Embolization (PPE)
  53. · 13.1 Indications
  54. · 13.2 Technique
  55. · 13.3 Expected Results
  56. 14. Percutaneous Biliary Interventionism
  57. · 14.1 Transhepatic Percutaneous Biliary Drainage (PTBD)
  58. · 14.2 Metal Biliary Prostheses (SEMS)
  59. · 14.3 Nephrostomy and Antegrade Ureteral Stenting
  60. 15. Genitourinary Interventionism
  61. · 15.1 Percutaneous Nephrostomy
  62. · 15.2 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
  63. · 15.3 Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma
  64. · 15.4 Varicocele Embolization
  65. 16. Image Guided Biopsies and Percutaneous Drains
  66. · 16.1 Image-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy
  67. · 16.2 Percutaneous Drainage of Abscesses and Collections
  68. · 16.3 Percutaneous Radiological Gastrostomy (PRG)
  69. 17. Musculoskeletal and Pain Interventionism
  70. · 17.1 Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
  71. · 17.2 Celiac Plexus Block
  72. · 17.3 Ablation of Osteoid Osteoma
  73. 18. Interventional Radiology in Emergencies and Trauma
  74. · 18.1 Hemorrhage from Blunt Abdominal Trauma
  75. · 18.2 Acute Mesenteric Ischemia — Role of the IR
  76. · 18.3 Urgent Intraarterial Thrombolysis in Limb Ischemia
  77. 19. Complications in Interventional Radiology
  78. · 19.1 Most Frequent Complications by Type of Procedure
  79. 20. Periprocedural Care in Interventional Radiology
  80. · 20.1 Pre-procedure Evaluation
  81. · 20.2 Management of Periprocedural Anticoagulation
  82. · 20.3 Sedation in Interventional Radiology
  83. · 20.4 Post-Procedure Care

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Subject
Imaging
Category
Clinical Bases
Type
Study Guide
Sections
83
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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