Vascular and Interventional Radiology
The Interventional Radiology Program at UT Southwestern uses the latest imaging technologies to conduct more than 3,000 innovative, minimally invasive surgeries annually.
With unique procedures and technologies such as kyphoplasty, angiography, vertebroplasty, and radio frequency ablation—in addition to the more standard computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—vascular and interventional radiology physicians can visualize internal organs while performing surgeries with minimal disruption to the patient’s body and overall functionality.
Among the procedures performed by UT Southwestern physicians in the Vascular and Interventional Imaging Program:
- Catheter-based angiography
- Angioplasty and stenting
- Vascular computed tomography (CT)
- Uterine fibroid embolization
- Varicose vein ablation
- Chemoembolization
- Magnetic resonance angiography
- Kyphoplasty
- SIR-Spheres for liver cancer treatment
Physicians operate a large endovascular practice that includes placing stent-grafts for aneurysmal disease of the thoracic and abdominal aorta in conjunction with the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the Department of Vascular Surgery. In addition, physicians routinely treat multiple disease processes, including:
- Renovascular causes of hypertension with renal angioplasty and stenting
- Renal failure
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Portal hypertension
- Vascular malformations
- Diabetic vascular disease
- Interventional cancer therapy