Index
Procedures.
ANG→THR→ANE→VAR→TAC→MIC→ANE→THY→GEN→DIA→TIP→PRO→UTE→
Angioplasty & stenting
Reopening a narrowed artery from the inside.
Mechanical thrombectomy
Removing a clot before brain tissue is lost.
Endovascular aneurysm repair
Excluding the aneurysm from circulation.
Endovenous laser ablation
Closing a failing vein from within.
TACE — chemoembolization
Delivering chemotherapy into a tumour's own artery.
Microwave ablation
Destroying a tumour with heat, through a needle.
Cerebral aneurysm coiling
Packing an aneurysm until blood no longer enters it.
Thyroid nodule ablation
Shrinking a nodule without removing the gland.
Genicular artery embolization
Reducing the abnormal blood supply that drives knee pain.
Dialysis fistuloplasty
Keeping a lifeline open.
TIPS
Giving portal pressure somewhere to go.
Prostate artery embolization (PAE)
Shrinking the prostate by closing its supply.
Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE)
Treating fibroids without removing the uterus.