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Descriptor English: Radiography, Interventional
Descriptor Spanish: Radiografía Intervencional
Descriptor radiografía intervencionista
Scope note: Procedimientos diagnósticos y terapéuticos de naturaleza invasiva o quirúrgica que requieren de la experiencia de un radiólogo especialmente entrenado. En general, son más invasivos que las imágenes diagnósticas pero menos invasivos que la cirugía mayor. A menudo comprenden cateterismo, fluoroscopia, o tomografía computarizada. Algunos ejemplos son la colangiografía percutánea transhepática, la biopsia percutánea transtorácica, la angioplastia con balón y la embolización arterial.
Descriptor Portuguese: Radiografia Intervencionista
Descriptor French: Radiographie interventionnelle
Entry term(s): Interventional Radiography
Tree number(s): E01.370.350.700.725
E04.502.780
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015641
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: coordinate with specific minimally invasive procedure if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Catheterization (1972-1989)
Radiography (1972-1989)
Radiology (1977-1989)
Technology, Radiologic (1972-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Entry Version: RADIOGR INTERVENTIONAL
DeCS ID: 24848
Unique ID: D015641
NLM Classification: WN 202
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/04/07
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Radiography, Interventional - Preferred
Concept UI M0023978
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Radiography, Interventional
Entry term(s) Interventional Radiography



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