Treating an Expanding List of Conditions

Each year, the list of conditions treated by Interventional Radiologists and the technology they are able to access grows exponentially. Below the Society of Interventional Radiology lists IR treatments available:

  • Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair
  • Angiography
  • Angioplasty and stent placement
  • Cancer - bone
  • Cancer - kidney
  • Cancer - liver
  • Cancer - lung
  • Deep vein thrombosis
  • Gastrostomy (feeding tubes)
  • Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
  • Hypertension and end-stage renal disease
  • Liver disease
  • Needle biopsy
  • Osteoporosis
  • Pelvic Congestive Syndrome
  • Peripheral arterial disease
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Stroke and carotid artery disease
  • Trauma
  • Uterine fibroids
  • Varicoceles
  • Varicose veins
  • Venous access catheters
  • Vertebroplasty

 

 

 

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