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What We Treat

Texas Stroke Institute physicians practice multi-disciplinary medicine to drive best practice in patient care.

Diagnostic Procedures

  • Diagnostic Cerebral Angiography
  • Diagnostic Aortography
  • Diagnostic Spinal Angiography
  • WADA Procedure
  • Balloon Test Occlusion
  • Intravascular Ultrasonography

Treatment procedures to open up blood vessels (Recanalization procedures)

  • Acute Stroke: Intra-venous and Intra-arterial thrombolysis or clot-dissolving therapy
  • Acute Stroke: Mechanical clot-aspiration therapy 
  • Acute Stroke: Mechanical thrombectomy or clot-retrieval therapy
  • Retinal Strokes: Intra-arterial thrombolysis or clot-dissolving therapy
  • Cerebral Vasospasm: Intra-arterial vaso-dilator therapy
  • Cerebral Vasospasm: Proximal and distal balloon angioplasty
  • Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis: Intra-arterial thrombolysis or clot dissolving therapy
  • Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis: Mechanical clot-retrieval therapy
  • Carotid artery stenosis or blockage: Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting
  • Vertebral artery stenosis or blockage: Vertebral Angioplasty and Stenting
  • Subclavian Steal Syndrome: Subclavian Angioplasty and Stenting
  • Intracranial stenosis or blockage: Intracranial Angioplasty and Stenting
  • Takayasu’s arteritis: Balloon Angioplasty of the origin of great vessels

Treatment procedures to close up blood vessels (Embolization procedures)

  • Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysm: Coiling including Stent-assisted coiling
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage from aneurysm rupture: Coiling
  • Pediatric Cerebral Aneurysms: Coiling
  • Arteriovenous Malformation: Pre-surgical glue or ONYX embolization
  • Carotid Cavernous Fistula: Trans-arterial and Trans-venous embolization
  • Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Pre-surgical glue or ONYX embolization
  • Vein of Galen Malformation: Trans-arterial & Trans-venous embolization
  • Head & Neck Vascular Malformations: Glue or ONYX embolization
  • Spinal Vascular Malformations: Pre-surgical glue or ONYX embolization
  • Epistaxis or nose bleeds: PVA Particulate embolization
  • Traumatic Vascular Lesions: Trans-arterial glue or coil embolization
  • Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibromas (JNA): Pre-surgical particulateembolization
  • Paragangliomas: Pre-surgical particulate embolization
  • Head and Neck Tumors: Pre-surgical PVA particulate embolization
  • Meningiomas: Pre-surgical PVA particulate embolization
  • Brain Tumors: Intra-arterial chemotherapy and blood brain barrier disruption
  • Retinoblastomas: Intra-arterial chemotherapy
  • Vertebral or Spine Tumors: Pre-surgical PVA particulate embolization

Other Treatment Procedures

  • Multiple Myeloma or Osteoporosis: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
  • Sciatica or Low back pain: Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Back pain due to arthritis: Facet Joint Injection



Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability and the third leading cause of death in the United States. Over 780,000 Americans will suffer a stroke this year and nine out of ten stroke survivors will sustain long-term impairment. Stroke costs the US healthcare system over 62 billion dollars annually.