"The elevation of interventional radiology to a specialty level with its own distinct residency program places IR on the same level as surgery, pediatrics, and internal medicine," says one proponent.

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A radiologist is a type of doctor who uses medical imaging to support the diagnosis and treatment of various conditions and injuries. Specialties include diagnostic radiologists, interventional ...

Interventional radiologists increasingly are involved in the treatment of urologic and nephrologic conditions and diseases. They perform such procedures as renal cryoablation, renal artery angioplasty ...

Researchers who investigated the connection between chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (a reported condition characterized as a blockage in the veins that drain blood from the brain and spinal ...

Interventional radiology has emerged as a transformative force in modern medicine. By leveraging cutting-edge imaging technologies, interventional radiologists can precisely guide thin catheters and ...

Interventional radiologists have devised a new way to access a woman's fibroids -- by flipping her wrist and treating via an arm not groin artery -- to nonsurgically shrink noncancerous growths in the ...

Patients suffering from chronic plantar fasciitis now have a new weapon against this debilitating foot ailment. Researchers utilized ultrasound imaging and energy to penetrate, emulsify and remove ...

Rapides Regional Medical Center has opened a new interventional radiology suite, the first of its kind in a hospital in the ...