Vascular and Interventional Radiology Center
The newly renovated Vascular & Interventional Radiology Center at Norton Audubon Hospital offers state-of-the-art imaging equipment and a full line of interventional radiology services. Two procedure rooms as well as patient preparation and recovery rooms offer privacy and convenience for patients and families. Services are provided by the board-certified radiologists of Norton Diagnostic Center – DXP Imaging.
Interventional radiology is a subspecialty of radiology in which minimally invasive procedures are performed under image guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of a broad spectrum of medical conditions.
Take a virtual tour of the new Vascular & 
Interventional Radiology Center
Potential benefits of interventional radiology
- Less invasive than surgery
- Less anesthesia needed
- Shorter length of stay and faster recovery
- Less pain
The most common interventional radiology procedures
- Peripheral vascular interventions
- Arterial embolization
- Thrombolysis
- Inferior vena cava filter placement
- Percutaneous biopsy and drainage procedures
- Chemoembolization procedures
- Tumor ablation
- Venous access
- Spine procedures
- Orthopaedic procedures
Interventional radiology procedures by specialty:
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Family medicine/Internal medicine
- Peripheral vascular interventions
- Arterial embolization for
gastrointestinal bleeding
- Thrombolysis of diseased arteries or DVT
- IVC filter placement
- Percutaneous biopsies
- Venous access procedures
- Percutaneous drainage
- Spine interventions for back pain or VCF
- Orthopaedic procedures such as arthrograms
and joint injections
Oncology
- Arterial embolization
- Thrombolysis of the portal vein and other
mesenteric veins
- Inferior vena cava filter placement/removal
- Percutaneous biopsies
- Percutaneous drainage
- Chemoembolization
- Venous access procedures
- Spine interventions
- Orthopaedic procedures
Pulmonology
- Arterial embolization
- Thrombolysis
- IVC filter placement/removal
- Percutaneous biopsies
- Percutaneous drainage
Pain management
- Spine interventions
- Orthopaedic procedures such as arthrograms and joint injections
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OB/GYN
- Arterial embolization
- Percutaneous biopsies
- Uterine fibroid embolization
- Infertility treatment: hysterosalpingography and recanalization for proximal occlusion
- Pelvic venous congestion treatment: transfundal venography and therapeutic embolization
Gastroenterology
- Arterial embolization
- Percutaneous drainage
- Gastrointestinal tract stent placement
- Percutaneous biopsies
GU/nephrology
- Ureteral stent placement
- Thrombolysis of dialysis fistulas or grafts
- Percutaneous drainage
- Venous access procedures
Surgery – general, vascular, neurological
- Peripheral vascular interventions
- Arterial embolization
- Thrombolysis
- Percutaneous drainage
- Venous access procedures
Orthopaedics
- Spine interventions
- Orthopaedic procedures
Podiatry
- Peripheral vascular interventions
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Vascular & Interventional Radiology Center
Norton Audubon Hospital
1 Audubon Plaza Drive
Louisville, KY 40217
Call (502) 636-8818 for more information.
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