Intervention Diagnostics
Minimally invasive treatments are sometimes an option to invasive surgery and can be performed on an outpatient basis, generally with less trauma and quicker recovery. Interventional radiologists use their expertise in reading X-rays, ultrasounds and other medical images to guide small instruments such as catheter tubes measuring just a few millimeters in diameter through blood vessels or other pathways to treat disease. These procedures typically are much less invasive and cost less than traditional surgery. Minimally invasive techniques are used to treat a variety of heart and vascular diseases, including peripheral vascular disease (PVD) with angioplasty and stenting.
