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Post a new topicby contentuser on Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:18 am

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Formerly known in radiology as "special procedures," the part of the department now called "interventional procedures" has become a bona fide subspecialty with its own technologists, nurses, and specially trained radiologists. As their name indicates, interventional radiologists intervene with the body more aggressively than by taking x-rays or injecting dyes. They dilate arteries with balloons and put in tiny devices (stents) that keep the artery dilated, put filters into veins, and...Read the full article
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