Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Vascular Problems, Blood Clots, varicose veins, angioplasty, Hypertension, Peripheral vascular disease (PVD), Peripheral Arterial Disease, and Venous disease.
Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including angioplasty, Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filters, Thrombolytic Therapy, interventions in the biliary and urinary systems, Ovarian Vein Embolization, Chemoembolization, TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt), radiofrequency ablation of tumors, Percutaneous nephrostomy, Stent Placement, percutaneous management of abscesses, and gastrostomies.
To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), Echocardiogram, and Diagnostic angiography.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 2,774 practicing interventional radiologists & vascular radiologists. Broken out by state, interventional radiology & vascular radiology doctor density in Alabama is 30, in Alaska is 2, in Arizona is 59, in Arkansas is 16, in California is 314, in Colorado is 64, in Connecticut is 63, in Delaware is 7, in District of Columbia is 21, in Florida is 225, in Georgia is 86, in Hawaii is 20, in Idaho is 11, in Illinois is 154, in Indiana is 70, in Iowa is 31, in Kansas is 20, in Kentucky is 29, in Louisiana is 21, in Maine is 27, in Maryland is 61, in Massachusetts is 90, in Michigan is 65, in Minnesota is 59, in Mississippi is 18, in Missouri is 55, in Montana is 11, in Nebraska is 17, in Nevada is 23, in New Hampshire is 18, in New Jersey is 89, in New Mexico is 11, in New York is 215, in North Carolina is 74, in North Dakota is 11, in Ohio is 92, in Oklahoma is 20, in Oregon is 26, in Pennsylvania is 167, in Rhode Island is 13, in South Carolina is 52, in South Dakota is 5, in Tennessee is 44, in Texas is 172, in Utah is 19, in Vermont is 6, in Virginia is 98, in Washington is 56, in West Virginia is 15, in Wisconsin is 69, and in Wyoming is 3.
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