Interventional Radiology

Rely on specialists at PIH Health for high-quality interventional radiology procedures in Los Angeles County.

What’s Interventional Radiology?

Interventional and neurointerventional radiologists diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries without surgery. They use imaging technology to guide thin, flexible tubes, called catheters, and small instruments through blood vessels and organs. Then, they deliver highly effective, targeted treatments. Interventional radiology also includes options for transfusion-free medicine that include embolization, chemoembolization, radio nucleotide embolization.

Benefits of Interventional Radiology

When your condition can be treated with an interventional technique instead of surgery, you may benefit from:

• Less pain
• Lower risk
• Quicker recovery

Conditions We Treat

An interventional radiologist or neurointerventional radiologist may join your care team if you need treatment for conditions such as:

• Arteriovenous malformation
• Blood vessel that’s weak (aneurysm) or narrowed
• Cancer
• Enlarged prostate
• Peripheral Artery Disease
• Portal hypertension
• Stroke
• Varicose veins
  • Varithena Treatment
• Vertebral compression fractures
• Uterine fibroids

Vascular Access Procedures

Your doctor may recommend a vascular access procedure to make it easier for you to get medicine, nutrition or other treatment. Depend on PIH Health to help you choose the method that’s right for you and provide guidance on how to care for it. Trust doctors with experience in:

• Chest ports
• Dialysis access maintenance and declotting
• Dialysis catheters
• Tunneled central lines

What to Expect

Your care team will explain what to expect on the day of your procedure and how to prepare. If you have an outpatient procedure, you’ll return home the same day as your procedure.