The Radiology Department at Baptist Hospital East offers invasive diagnostic testing and interventional vascular procedures. These procedures are termed invasive, because they use a special dye (contrast medium) to make pictures of the vascular system.

Diagnostic procedures include:

• Arteriograms provide your doctor with a road map of arteries and pinpoint the location of abnormalities or blockages. An arteriolar may include imaging of the cerebral arteries in the brain, the carotid arteries in the neck, the aorta, the pulmonary arteries in the lungs, the renal arteries in the kidneys and arteries in the legs and arms.
• Venograms provide your doctor with a road map of the veins and pinpoint the location of abnormalities such as blood clots.

In addition to diagnostic tests, the Radiology Department also offers special interventional procedures to help people with vascular problems. These include thromboses, a procedure which destroys blood clots, and vena cava filter insertion to prevent blood clots from breaking off and going to the lungs.

For more information about invasive vascular testing, call the Radiology Department at (502) 897-8121.

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