Interventional Radiology
Last update 07/08/2019 - 14:50
Interventional Radiology is a medical specialty that performs minimally invasive treatments using radiologic imaging for procedure guidance including fluoroscopy, CT and ultrasound.
Complex IR procedures are performed in the Interventional Radiology Unit and the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.ÌýIR procedures include biopsies, draining fluids, catheter insertion, dilating or stenting narrowed ducts or vessels.
Interventional Radiology Services
- Angiography
- Balloon angiography and stenting of cerebral, renal, mesenteric and peripheral arteries
- Arteriovenous malformation treatment-coiling
- Biliary drainage and stenting
- Central venous access
- Hemodialysis access maintenance
- Infection&abscess drainage
- Needle biopsy
- Urinary tract Ìýobstruction treatment
- Uterine artery embolization
- Uterine fibroid embolization
- Varicocele embolization
- Vena cava filter
Patient Population Served
Patients of all age groups referredÌýfrom the Hospital'sÌýdepartments or other facilities.Ìý
