The Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at NYU was one of the earliest established in the United States, and remains one of the busiest centers in the country. Many techniques and devices currently used around the world were pioneered at NYU, including instrumentation used in angioplasty and stenting, endovascular aneurysm repair, and advanced blood vessel blocking (embolization) techniques used to treat many benign and malignant conditions.

At NYU, close collaboration between various medical and surgical specialists enables us to provide the least invasive, most effective treatment for any given problem.

Minimally invasive, image-guided interventional techniques performed at NYU Medical Center treat a wide range of conditions, including those listed below (with treatments we perform listed in parentheses):

• Blockage or narrowing of leg arteries due to peripheral arterial disease (angioplasty, stenting, atherectomy, blood clot dissolving) including treatment of small vessels (tibial arteries)
• Aneurysms of arteries (embolization, covered stent insertion)
• Bloodless, incision-free repair of aortic aneurysms (totally percutaneous (no open incisions) endovascular stent grafts, performed as an operating team with our colleagues in Vascular Surgery)
• Uterine fibroids (uterine fibroid embolization, part of the NYU Fibroid Center)
• Liver cancer (chemoembolization, heating with radiofrequency ablation, freezing with percutaneous cryoablation)
• Kidney cancer (heating with radiofrequency ablation, freezing with percutaneous cryoablation)
• Angiomyolipomas of the kidney (embolization)
• Desmoid tumors (chemical ablation, heating with radiofrequency ablation, freezing with percutaneous cryoablation)
• Narrowing or blockage of kidney arteries (angioplasty, stenting)
• Blood clots in the leg veins (dissolving of blood clots, stenting, placement of IVC filters)
• Pulmonary embolism (dissolving of blood clots, placement of IVC filters)
• Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (embolization, and referral to our team of geneticists for treating Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) often related to this condition)
• Congential arteriovenous and venovenous vascular malformations (embolization)
• Portal hypertension with bleeding varices or ascites (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting, also known as TIPS)
• Varicoceles for pain and/or male infertility (embolization)
• Collapsed vertebrae from insufficiency (vertebroplasty)
• Venous access devices for chemotherapy, dialysis, plasmepheresis or nutrition (chest ports, dialysis catheters, Hickman catheters)
• Blockages within of grafts or fistulas used for hemodialysis access (angioplasty, stenting, blood clot removal)
• Stones or blockages inside the biliary system (fiberoptic cholangioscopy, lithotripsy to fragment and remove stones, angioplasty of strictures)
• Strictures or stones of the urinary system (nephrostomy, ureteral stenting)

For more information about how the NYU Vascular and Interventional Radiology team can help you or your loved one with one of these conditions, please contact our office at 212-263-5898.