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
- Interventional Radiology
- 1. Introduction and History of Interventional Radiology
- · 1.1 Fundamental Historical Milestones
- · 1.2 Contemporary Areas of Action
- 2. Technical Foundations and Infrastructure
- · 2.1 The Intervention Room — Angiographic Suite
- · 2.2 Image Guidance Modalities
- 3. Seldinger Technique and Variants
- · 3.1 Vascular Access Sites
- · 3.2 Modified Seldinger Technique
- 4. Interventional Materials and Devices
- · 4.1 Guide Wires
- · 4.2 Diagnostic Catheters
- · 4.3 Microcatheters and Working Catheters
- · 4.4 Vascular Stents — Classification
- 5. Diagnostic Angiography
- · 5.1 Current Indications for Diagnostic Catheter Angiography
- · 5.2 Measurement of Intravascular Pressure Gradients
- 6. Percutaneous Arterial Revascularization
- · 6.1 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (ATP / PTA)
- · 6.2 Peripheral Arterial Stenting
- · 6.3 Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis (CDT)
- 7. Therapeutic Arterial Embolization
- · 7.1 Embolization Agents and Materials
- · 7.2 Embolization of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- · 7.3 Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UAE / UFE)
- · 7.4 Prostatic Embolization (PAE)
- 8. Venous Vascular Interventionism
- · 8.1 Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters
- · 8.2 Mechanical and Pharmacological Venous Thrombectomy
- · 8.3 Image-Guided Central Venous Access
- · 8.4 Adrenal Vein Sampling (AVS)
- 9. TIPS — Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunting
- · 9.1 TIPS Technique
- · 9.2 TIPS indications
- · 9.3 Contraindications and Complications of TIPS
- 10. TACE — Transarterial Chemoembolization
- · 10.1 Conventional TACE (cTACE)
- · 10.2 TACE with Loaded Microspheres (DEB-TACE)
- · 10.3 Response Criteria — mRECIST
- · 10.4 TACE in Colorectal Liver Metastases (TACE-FOLFOX)
- 11. TARE/SIRT — Radioembolization with Yttrium-90
- · 11.1 90 Y Microspheres Available
- · 11.2 Stages of the TARE Procedure
- · 11.3 Indications and Evidence
- 12. Percutaneous Tumor Ablation
- · 12.1 Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- · 12.2 Microwave Ablation (MWA)
- · 12.3 Cryoablation
- · 12.4 Irreversible Electroporation (IRE / NanoKnife)
- · 12.5 HIFU / MRgFUS
- 13. Preoperative Portal Embolization (PPE)
- · 13.1 Indications
- · 13.2 Technique
- · 13.3 Expected Results
- 14. Percutaneous Biliary Interventionism
- · 14.1 Transhepatic Percutaneous Biliary Drainage (PTBD)
- · 14.2 Metal Biliary Prostheses (SEMS)
- · 14.3 Nephrostomy and Antegrade Ureteral Stenting
- 15. Genitourinary Interventionism
- · 15.1 Percutaneous Nephrostomy
- · 15.2 Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
- · 15.3 Ablation of Renal Cell Carcinoma
- · 15.4 Varicocele Embolization
- 16. Image Guided Biopsies and Percutaneous Drains
- · 16.1 Image-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy
- · 16.2 Percutaneous Drainage of Abscesses and Collections
- · 16.3 Percutaneous Radiological Gastrostomy (PRG)
- 17. Musculoskeletal and Pain Interventionism
- · 17.1 Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
- · 17.2 Celiac Plexus Block
- · 17.3 Ablation of Osteoid Osteoma
- 18. Interventional Radiology in Emergencies and Trauma
- · 18.1 Hemorrhage from Blunt Abdominal Trauma
- · 18.2 Acute Mesenteric Ischemia — Role of the IR
- · 18.3 Urgent Intraarterial Thrombolysis in Limb Ischemia
- 19. Complications in Interventional Radiology
- · 19.1 Most Frequent Complications by Type of Procedure
- 20. Periprocedural Care in Interventional Radiology
- · 20.1 Pre-procedure Evaluation
- · 20.2 Management of Periprocedural Anticoagulation
- · 20.3 Sedation in Interventional Radiology
- · 20.4 Post-Procedure Care
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- 2026-08-02