Table 1. Contraindications to TACE and IAB.

Arteriographic contraindications

Contrast allergy

Coagulopathy

Renal insufficiency prohibitive to contrast administration

Severe arterial disease limiting catheter access

Chemotherapeutic complications

Severe thrombocytopenia or leukopenia

Cardiac insufficiency

Renal insufficiency

Hepatic factors

Encephalopathy

Jaundice

Portal flow (collateral channels acceptable in PVI)

Significant disease of parenchyma

Biliary obstruction

Transaminitis (>2–3× normal value)

Anatomic variants prohibiting exclusion of gastric or small bowel arterial supply

TACE, transarterial chemoembolization; IAB, intra-arterial brachytherapy; PVI, portal vein invasion.