Radiology Treatments for Whole Health
When you don’t feel your best, you deserve expert options and services that help you return to the life you love. At AdventHealth Port Charlotte, formerly ShorePoint Health Port Charlotte, we offer interventional radiology services to help you get back to feeling whole.
Interventional radiology combines minimally invasive procedures and advanced imaging technology to treat certain health conditions. These procedures only require a tiny incision, meaning less blood loss and pain and a quicker recovery.
Discover Our Interventional Radiology Services
We offer a range of minimally invasive interventional radiology techniques to safely and effectively treat various conditions. Discover the services that are right for you.
- Angiography and Angioplasty
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A diagnostic angiogram examines the inside of arteries and veins to detect blockages or narrowing of the vessels. In angioplasty, a catheter fitted with a balloon device is guided to the affected area to expand the walls and restore blood flow. A laser can also be used to break up the blockage.
In some cases, a stent (mesh tube) is placed in the artery to hold it open. Angioplasty can be used to treat everything from heart disease and circulatory problems to ischemic stroke.
- Cardiac Catheterization Procedures
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Interventional cardiologists use a variety of minimally invasive catheter-based techniques to treat heart disease, including angioplasty and stenting to unblock clogged arteries and veins, radiofrequency ablation to treat arrhythmias and coronary atherectomy to remove hardened plaque from a blocked artery.
We also use diagnostic exams, such as nuclear medicine scans, angiograms and echocardiograms, to examine the heart muscle, valves, veins and arteries for heart disease.
- Embolization
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Embolization is used to stop abnormal bleeding or to cut off blood supply to a particular area, such as a tumor. Catheters are used to deliver blood-clotting medication or to place particles or coils in the vessels to stop blood flow.
Embolization can provide a lifesaving treatment for hemorrhagic stroke and is an effective treatment for uterine fibroids.
- Radiofrequency Ablation
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Our interventional radiology specialists use ablation to destroy abnormal cells. This procedure uses a catheter fitted with a tiny electrode and can treat everything from varicose veins and chronic pain to heart arrhythmias and cancer.
- Vertebroplasty
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Vertebroplasty is used to treat back pain and compression fractures of the spine. Doctors insert a needle into the affected vertebrae and inject bone cement to stabilize the vertebrae and prevent further damage.