Medical doctor whose subspecialty it is to do minimally invasive procedures (i.e. saphenousvein ablation). Interventional radiology procedures typically use some type of image guidance (i.e. ultrasound). Interventional radiologists are adept at accessing blood vessels and do so routinely to perform their minimally invasive procedures.
An interventional radiologist is able to perform a specialized type of biopsy that does not require a stay in the hospital.
a physician who treats disorders in veins and arteries using angioplasty, catheters, and stents
A specialist trained to perform procedures, such as biopsies, using imaging equipment such x-rays.
A subspecialty certification by the Board of Radiology, practitioners use their expertise in reading X-rays, ultrasound and other medical images to guide small instruments such as catheters (tubes that measure just a few millimeters in diameter) through the blood vessels or other pathways to treat disease percutaneously (through the skin). These procedures are typically much less invasive and much less costly than traditional surgery. Specialty: Radiology: Vascular & Interventional , Vascular & Interventional Radiology
A radiologist who specializes in the use of fluoroscopy , CT , and ultrasound to guide passage through the skin by needle puncture, including introduction of wires and catheters for performing procedures such as biopsies , draining fluids, inserting catheters, or dilating or stenting narrowed ducts or vessels.
A radiologist who uses image guidance methods to gain access to vessels and organs. Interventional radiologists can treat certain conditions through the skin (percutaneously) that might otherwise require surgery . The technology includes the use of balloons, catheters, microcatheters, stents, and therapeutic embolization (deliberately clogging up a blood vessel ). The specialty of interventional radiology overlaps with other fields, including interventional cardiology , vascular surgery, endoscopy , laparoscopy , and other minimally invasive techniques, such as biopsies. Specialists performing interventional radiology procedures today include not only radiologists but also other types of physicians such as general surgeons, vascular surgeons, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, gynecologists, and urologists. See the entire definition of Interventional radiologist
