Dr. Fernando F. Illescas M.D.
Interventional Radiologist | Vascular & Interventional Radiology
85 Seymour St Suite 200 Hartford CT, 06106About
Dr. Fernando Illescas is an interventional radiologist practicing in Hartford, CT. Dr. Illescas specializes in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. Interventional radiologists use X-Rays, MRIs and other advanced imaging to put catheters in the body in order to treat the source of the disease internally. Many conditions that once required surgery can now have less risk, less pain and fewer invasions when treated by an interventional radiologist.
Education and Training
Mc Gill Univ- Fac Of Med- Montreal- Que- Canada 1979
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Accuracy of ultrasound in counting and measuring gallstones.
- Incidence of portal vein thrombosis complicating liver metastasis as detected by duplex ultrasound.
- Interobserver variability in the interpretation of contrast venography, technetium-99m red blood cell venography and impedance plethysmography for deep vein thrombosis.
- Intrahepatic portal venous system: variations demonstrated with duplex and color Doppler US.
- Why is the lower torso protected in traumatic asphyxia? A new hypothesis.
- Treatment of pleural effusions and pneumothorax with catheters placed percutaneously under imaging guidance.
- Intrahepatic bile duct and portal vein anatomy revisited.
- Sonographic diagnosis of isolated gallbladder trauma.
- Hepatic malignancies: improved treatment with intraarterial Y-90.
- Striated intramural gallbladder lucencies on US studies: predictors of acute cholecystitis.
- Retroperitoneal fibrosis: use of CT in distinguishing among possible causes.
- Renal adenocarcinoma: CT staging of 100 tumors.
- Bladder leiomyoma: advantages of sonography over computed tomography.
- Angelchik antireflux device: computed tomography appearance.
- Multiple malignant neoplasms 40 years after angiography with Thorotrast.
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