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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, April 12, 2012 · 28 OTMH gets upgrade to its angiography unit Sophisticated instrument guidance, the ability to capture high resolution 3-D images of the vascular circulatory system, and special software, which significantly reduces patients' exposure to radiation are just a few of the advanced features of Halton Healthcare Services' (HHS) new upgraded AngiographyInterventional Suite. Located at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH), the recent project included the renovation of the AngiographyInterventional room and the installation of an angiography unit. An angiography is a way to produce X-ray pictures of the inside of blood vessels. The new equipment provides the communities served by HHS with access to the latest Interventional Radiology (IR) technology and non-surgical treatment options. "Guided by real time X-ray images, specially trained interventional radiologists can perform minimally invasive, non-surgical, procedures by manipulating catheters, wires, and other miniature instruments through a network of blood vessels, ducts and other pathways, to diagnose and treat a multitude of diseases," stated Dr. Robert Yu, chief, HHS diagnostic imaging department and interventional radiologist, in a press release. "IR technology has really evolved over the last few years and this upgrade has provided us with some incredible new capabilities." In addition to higher-resolution imaging, the new unit can PHOTO COURTESY HALTON HEALTHCARE SERVICES Helping Families Every Step of the Way! generate CT-like scans while the p u patient is on the procedure table improved suite: From left to right, Lilian Scime, Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) viceDental Check- in: ent Specializes ntm oi p p a st ti to remove the need to move the president of corporate services/diagnostics, Cheryl Tilson, Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) on od Orth · Fertility Issues · Pediatrics manager of diagnostic imaging, Art Triska, OTMH team leader of gastrics and interventional, Dr. Robert t "IR (Interventional ir cuPostnatal Ha Yu, chief/medical director, HHS diagnostic imaging department, and Rosemary Prikosovich, HHS direc· Low Back/Neck Pain · Pre and Care ked Radiology) has really tor of diagnostic imaging and laboratory in the new angiography suite at OTMH. 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"This is invaluable when we are trying to reach a mass deep in the body through a tiny incision during biopsies or procedures." The new machine also provides 3-D angiograms or X-rays of blood vessels to allow its examination and that of the circulatory system from different angles to increase image clarity and, for example, help identify and block a bleeding blood vessel to stop gas- trointestinal bleeds and hemorrhages. "Whether we are performing biopsies to rule out cancer or creating blood vessel access for drugs, these new technological advancements and many others, enhance our ability to navigate our instruments in intricate spaces with more finesse and enables us to perform more complex and advanced procedures locally at our community hospital," Yu said. The upgrade to HHS's AngiographyInterventional Suite was funded in part by a $5-million donation by the Beamish Family of the WB Family Foundation last year to help enhance diagnostic services at both the existing OTMH site and the new Oakville hospital. 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