Interventional radiology helps in diagnosing and managing many types of cancer, including breast, kidney, liver and lung.

An interventional radiologist can offer procedures to treat ongoing pain in your body.

Minimally invasive interventional radiology can help treat and manage a range of GI and digestive tract disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease and hiatal hernia.

Conditions that affect a woman’s reproductive system, such as infertility and uterine fibroids, can sometimes be treated with interventional radiology. 

Minimally invasive interventional treatments can treat cardiovascular conditions such as heart attack and valve problems.

You may be able to find relief for low back pain, osteoporosis and more, with minimally invasive procedures led by interventional radiologists. 

Interventional radiology offers advances in treatments for conditions such as stroke and brain aneurysm.

An interventional radiologist may help treat conditions such as cysts and pleural effusion that affect the lungs, esophagus and more.

An interventional radiologist can treat many health problems caused by sudden injury or internal bleeding.

Interventional radiologists work with patients who have an enlarged prostate, male infertility, kidney conditions and more.

Many vascular conditions are treated with interventional radiology, including deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

Interventional radiology offers minimally invasive treatments to repair damage to veins and help relieve pain.

To open narrowed arteries to the heart and brain, a small catheter (a thin, flexible tube) is inserted into the affected area. Your surgeon will place a balloon or a stent in the catheter to restore blood flow.

A small catheter with an attached blade is inserted into the artery to remove plaque or a clot. This procedure is done with a local anesthesia. 

Catheter ablation can help treat atrial fibrillation (abnormal heart rhythm). During the procedure, a doctor inserts a catheter through blood vessels and uses extreme cold or heat to stop abnormal electrical signals in the heart.

This treatment cuts the blood supply to tumors and can deliver high doses of medicine to a very targeted area. It is only used to treat primary hepatoma (liver cancer) or cancer that has metastasized from the liver.

Embolization procedures cut off blood supply to an abnormal growth or enlarged vein. It can be used to treat uterine fibroids, cancer or varicocele.

IVC filters are small devices that stop blood clots from entering the lungs. The device is placed in the large vein in the middle of your body (the inferior vena cava) during a surgical procedure.

These minimally invasive surgeries help relieve pain by stabilizing the broken bones with a cement-like substance. Kyphoplasty uses a small incision in the back. Vertebroplasty uses a needle injected into the broken vertebrae. 

Interventional radiology can often be used to help manage pain by targeting the source of your pain and treating it. Common pain management treatments include cooling procedures, electrical stimulation and nerve-blocking injections.

Small beads are filled with radioactive materials and placed inside the blood vessels that are feeding a cancerous tumor in the liver. 

A stent can help keep vessels, arteries and veins open. This keeps blood flow from being blocked by fat or plaque and avoids health emergencies such as heart attack or stroke. 

Thrombolytic therapy dissolves blood clots to improve blood flow and prevent organ and tissue damage.

TIPS connect the portal vein to the hepatic vein in the liver using imaging technology. This procedure helps reduce internal bleeding caused by cirrhosis.