Know the Difference: Peripheral Vascular Disease vs. Peripheral Arterial Disease Vascular diseases can range from coronary artery disease to congestive heart failure and high blood pressure, but two of the diseases – peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – are so similarly named and so closely […]
Keeping Your Legs Healthy & Attractive Chronic venous insufficiency is a condition that causes decreased blood flow from the leg veins to the heart. The decreased blood flow causes the blood to pool in the leg veins, which can lead to varicose veins. Special valves in the blood vessels of […]
Vertebroplasty: A Minimally-Invasive Method for Healing Spinal Compression Fractures Osteoporosis and certain types of cancers can cause spinal compression fractures, which lead to collapsed vertebrae and extreme pain. This decreases a person’s ability to be active and can lead to many other complications as a result of becoming sedentary.
The Catheterization Laboratory: Minimally Invasive Procedures Happen Here The location where an Interventional Radiologist performs image-guided, minimally invasive procedures is a room in the Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) or the Angiography Suite. This state-of-the-art environment is like an operating room with diagnostic imaging equipment that assists the Interventional Radiologist during […]
Defining Interventional Radiology: Meet Your Local IR Doctors “I was having leg pain whenever I walked. My primary care physician referred me to a local interventional radiologist, who she said could help me with this problem.” ~Caroline R. Interventional radiologists tend to fly below the healthcare radar, but they serve […]
Aortic Stent Graft: A Minimally Invasive Procedure for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm “After Dr. Dicker showed me the before and after pictures, I was shocked. I probably wouldn’t have made it through the year.” –Mark Fillmore, Prescott Valley An aortic aneurysm is a weakened area in the body’s largest artery, the […]
Interventional Radiologists: Pioneers of Minimally-Invasive Treatments for Peripheral Vascular Disease Homer Stevens could not walk far because his legs would tire out quickly and his toe was black, swollen and very painful. His quality of life suffered. His podiatrist suggested that he might have a circulation problem and recommended he […]
Chemoembolization: A Minimally Invasive Approach to Treating Cancer As vascular specialists, interventional radiologists target specific illnesses and diseases by using image guidance and small devices, which they guide through blood vessels to reach a part of the body that requires treatment. One such treatment is chemoembolization, a minimally invasive procedure […]
Treating Pelvic Congestion Syndrome Pelvic congestion syndrome is a painful condition resulting from enlarged varicose veins in the pelvis. As with varicose veins in the legs, the valves in the veins that return blood to the heart become weak and do not close properly. This causes pooling of blood and […]
Dr. Matthew Dicker grew up in Milwaukee, WI and received his undergraduate degree from University of Wisconsin. After attending Saint Louis University Medical School, he completed four years of a general surgery residency at George Washington University Hospital and, subsequent to that, he completed a diagnostic radiology residency at Saint […]