Interventional Radiology Information for Referring Physicians

Interventional Radiologists Are Your Partners in Patient Care

Offer your patients the least invasive option first, with an interventional radiologist as your partner in patient care. Interventional radiology treatments have become first-line care for a wide variety of conditions. No other partner offers you multimodality state-of-the-art imaging and diagnostic expertise, coupled with an unparalleled clinical experience across specialties, and in-depth knowledge of the least invasive treatments.

Interventional radiologists provide clinical patient management and can manage the surgical referral or other care if needed. Click here for a snap shot of common IR treatments.

Below is a list of the more common treatments and links to a Grand Rounds PDF on the topic written for physicians, downloadable patient brochures, and links to bibliographies.

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What Is Interventional Radiology?

• Interventional Radiology Patient Brochure
  A brief summary of common interventional treatments

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

• Grand Rounds Brochure
  Interventional Radiology Grand Rounds Stent-Graft for Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• AAA Patient Brochure
• AAA Web site info for patients
• AAA Bibliography
  A select reference list of the more relevant papers on the interventional radiology treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Angiography and Stents

• Angiography Patient Brochure
• Angiography Web site info for patients
• Stent Placement Patient Brochure

Angioplasty

• Patient brochure
• Web site info for patients

Cancer

• Patient brochure on nonsurgical cancer treatments (5.3mb)
• Bone cancer patient information
• Bone cancer bibliography
• Breast cancer patient information
• Breast cancer bibliography
• Kidney cancer patient information
• Kidney cancer bibliography
• Liver cancer patient information
• Liver cancer bibliography
• Lung cancer patient information
• Lung cancer bibliography
• Video discussing radiofrequency ablation on Discovery Channel's Living with Cancer special.
• Video: Minimally Invasive Treatment for Painful Bone Metastasis
• Video: Minimally Invasive Treatment for Liver Cancer

Catheter Care

• Biliary Catheter Care patient brochure
• Central Venous Access Catheter patient brochure
• Gastrostomy Web site info for patients
• Nephrostomy Catheter Care patient brochure

Central Venous Access

• Central Venous Access Grand Rounds Brochure
• Central Venous Access Patient Brochure
• Central Venous Access Web site info for patients

Deep Vein Thrombosis

• Deep Vein Thrombosis Grand Rounds Brochure
  Interventional Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis to prevent Post-thrombotic syndrome for clots that do not dissolve on their own. This treatment is highly effective when performed within 10 days after onset of symptoms.
• Deep Vein Thrombosis Web site info for patients
• Deep Vein Thrombosis Bibliography
• Video: Minimally Invasive Treatment for Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Video: IR Warn About Blood Clots, DVT During Holiday Travel

Hemodialysis Access

• Hemodialysis Grand Rounds brochure
  Interventional radiologists preserve hemodialysis access for patients requiring dialysis
• Web site for patient information on Renal Hypertension, End-stage Renal Disease and Renal artery stenosis

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telanglectasia

• HHT Web site for patient info
• HHT Bibliography

Infertility

• Infertility Web site for patient info
  Interventional radiologists treat blocked fallopian tubes in women and varicoceles in men that cause infertility.
• Video: minimally invasive treatment for male infertility caused by varicoceles

Liver Disease

Interventional radiologists can treat cirrhosis and portal hypertension with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)

• TIPS Patient Brochure
• Liver Disease Web site for patient info

Needle Biopsy

• Image-Guided Percutaneous Needle Biopsy Grand Rounds Brochure
• Needle Biopsy Patient Brochure
• Needle Biopsy Web site for patient info

Pediatrics

• Pediatric Interventional Radiology Treatments Brochure
• Pediatric Web site info for patients

Pelvic Congestion Syndrome - Chronic Pelvic Pain

Chronic pelvic pain that worsens with standing is often caused by varicose veins in the pelvis which can be treated with interventional radiology

• Chronic Pelvic Pain web site info for patients
• Pelvic Congestion Syndrome - Chronic Pelvic Pain Bibliography
• Video: Minimally invasive treatment for chronic pelvic pain

Peripheral Arterial Disease

As the inventors of angioplasty and the catheter-delivered stent, which were first used in the legs to treat peripheral arterial disease, interventional radiologists pioneered minimally invasive modern medicine.

• Peripheral Arterial Disease Grand Rounds Brochure
• Interventional Treatment Options for PAD Ground Rounds Brochure
• Peripheral Arterial Disease Patient Brochure
• PAD Symposium Summary Report
• PAD Web site info for patients
• A Comprehensive Review of Medical Treatment for PAD
• Multidisciplinary Guidelines for PAD: Executive Summary; Full Text
• PAD Bibliography
• Video: ABI Test Can Prevent Diabetic Amputations Caused by Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Video: Peripheral Arterial Disease and Smoking

Renovascular Hypertension

• Renovascular Hypertension Grand Rounds Brochure
  Interventional radiologists can treat renal artery disease to improve resistant hypertension and revascularization for renal failure.
• Web site for patient information on Renal Hypertension, End-stage Renal Disease and Renal artery stenosis

Smoking

Interventional treatments for the many diseases caused by smoking

• Smoking - Vascular Disease and Cancer web site for patient info
• Video: Peripheral Arterial Disease & Smoking

Stroke

• Web site info on Stroke and Carotid Artery Disease for patients
• Interventional Radiology Stroke Bibliography
• Video: Stroke Prevention Treatment: Nonsurgical Carotid Stenting in High-Risk Diabetics

Uterine Artery Embolization

• Uterine Fibroid Embolization Grand Rounds Brochure
  A safe and effective minimally invasive treatment for the management of symptomatic uterine leiomyomata
• Uterine Fibroid Patient Brochure
• Uterine Fibroid Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment Web site for patient info
• Uterine Fibroid Embolization Bibliography
• Video: Uterine Fibroid Embolization Effective as Myomectomy Surgery

Varicoceles

• Web site for Minimally Invasive Treatment for Infertility Caused by Varicoceles for patients
• Varicoceles Bibliography
• Video: Male Infertility Caused by Varicoceles are Treated with Minimally Invasive Procedure

Varicose Veins

• Varicose Veins and Venous Insufficiency Patient Brochure
• Varicose Veins and interventional treatment options web site for patients
• Varicose Veins and Venous Disease Bibliography
• Video: Nonsurgical Treatment for Varicose Veins

Vertebroplasty

• Vertebroplasty Grand Rounds Brochure
  A Minimally Invasive Treatment for Vertebral Compression Fractures and Osseous Lesions
• Vertebroplasty: Treating Spinal Fractures Caused by Osteoporosis Patient Brochure
• Vertebroplasty Web site for patient info
• Vertebroplasty Bibliography