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Special Procedures
We provide a full spectrum of interventional procedures.
- Arterial interventions for occlusive disease in the mesenteric,
renal and peripheral arterial territories include: percutaneous
transluminal angioplasty, atherectomy, laser atherectomy, vascular
stents, subintimal recanalizations, thrombolysis, and mechanical
thrombectomy.
- Thoracic and abdominal stent grafts for aortic aneurysms and aortic
dissection.
- Regional therapy for liver cancer and metastatic disease to the
liver with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), radioembolization
with yttrium 90, radiofrequency ablation, and ethanol injections.
- Venous interventions include: saphenous vein ablation for varicose
veins, vena cava filter placement and retrieval, thrombolytic
therapy for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism, venous
sampling for endocrine disorders of the pituitary, adrenals or gonads,
and a full range of venous access procedures.
- Hepatic vein and portal interventions include transjugular liver
biopsy, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) for
symptomatic portal hypertension and balloon retrograde transvenous
obliteration for gastric varicies.
- Dialysis fistula interventions include thrombectomy, angioplasty,
atherectomy and stent placement.
- Non-vascular procedures include percutaneous gastrostomy,
nephrostomy, biliary drainage with stent placement, radiofrequency
ablation and cryoablation of the kidney and other sites,
tracheobronchial stents, and retrieval of foreign bodies.
Over 6,000 procedures are performed annually. There is a clinic for
evaluation and follow-up of interventional radiology referrals, with
special emphasis on regional therapy of liver malignancies, uterine
fibroid embolization, and varicose vein treatment.
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