Radiography, Interventional
"Radiography, Interventional" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are invasive or surgical in nature, and require the expertise of a specially trained radiologist. In general, they are more invasive than diagnostic imaging but less invasive than major surgery. They often involve catheterization, fluoroscopy, or computed tomography. Some examples include percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, percutaneous transthoracic biopsy, balloon angioplasty, and arterial embolization.
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D015641
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.700.725 E04.502.780
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiography, Interventional" by people in Profiles.
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Interventional radiologic treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma-a cost analysis from the payer perspective. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012 Mar; 23(3):306-14.
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Comparison of outcomes of peritoneal dialysis catheters placed by the fluoroscopically guided percutaneous method versus directly visualized surgical method. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Aug; 19(8):1202-7.