Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Vascular and Interventional Radiology Section

The Vascular and Interventional Radiology Division offers expert state of the art minimally invasive image guided diagnostic and therapeutic care for a wide variety of vascular and nonvascular conditions affecting the chest, abdomen and extremities.

Specialized Procedures

Arterial Disease

• Diagnostic arteriography and venography Magnetic Resonance and Computerized Tomographic Angiography, ultrasound and functional assessment for peripheral vascular disease
• Recanalization (thrombolysis, angioplasty, stent) for symptomatic mesenteric, renal, brachiocephalic, upper and lower extremity occlusive disease
• Embolization for control of post traumatic, gynecologic and gastrointestinal bleeding
• Percutaneous management of aneurysmal disease (aortic, visceral, extremity)
• Comprehensive management of vascular malformations (specialty clinic)

Venous Disease

• Image-guided vena cava filter placement
• Recanalization/reconstruction for upper extremity, caval and lower extremity veno occlusive disease
• Sclerotherapy/ablation

Oncologic Services

• Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) for patients with inoperable liver cancer
• Vascular access (tunneled catheter, chest and arm ports)
• Transarterial localized tumor therapy for hepatic, ENT and pelvic malignancy (chemotherapy, brachytherapy)
• Image guided percutaneous tumor ablation (cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation)
• Palliative care (pleural effusion/ascites management)

GI Services

• Management of gastrointestinal bleeding
• Management of portal bleeding (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt TIPS, transhepatic variceal sclerosis/embolization)
• Percutaneous image-guided access to biliary tree (cholangiography, biliary drainage, duct biopsy, recanalization, antegrade endoscopy, manometry, percutaneous cholecystostomy)
• GI tract (gastrostomy, primary and conversion gastrojejunostomy, jejunostomy, cecostomy, esophageal and colonic stent placement)
• Abscess drainage/management-fistulography
• Transjugular liver biopsy

GU/Nephrology Services

• Ischemic nephropathy-recanalization of the renal arteries
• Dialysis Services: Image-guided transjugular and translumbar catheter placement and exchange, recanalization and management of native and prosthetic dialysis access conduits (declot, angioplasty, stent)
• Hemodialysis port placement
• Nephrostomy, nephroureteral catheterization and exchange

Gynecology

• Uterine Fibroid: embolization therapy
• Infertility: Hystersalpinography and recanalization for proximal occlusion
• Pelvic venous congestion: trans-fundal venography, and therapeutic embolization

Pulmonary

• Image-guided tube throacostomy for localized collections
• Pleurodesis
• Pulmonary arteriography/pulmonary thrombolytic therapy
• Bronchial arteriography and embolization

Research Programs

• Local tumor therapy
• Vascular recannalization and minimally invasive treatment of anuerysm disease
• IVC filter technology

Services to Physicians

• Collaborative care
• Consultation services
• Expert/second opinion
• Unique/customized procedural care