Treatments
Use the options below to explore potential treatments for your medical needs.
Types of treatment or procedure:
- Arms, Elbows and Shoulders
- Back and neck
- Bladder
- Bowel
- Cosmetic and reconstructive
- Dermatology
- Ear, nose and throat
- Eyes
- Fertility
- Foot and ankle
- Hands and Wrists
- Head and Neck
- Heart
- Hips
- Knees
- Legs and Buttocks
- Lifestyle management
- Men's health
- Oncology
- Other Treatments and Medicine
- Paediatrics
- Stomach
- Weight loss
- Women's health
Angioplasty
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) - often abbreviated to angioplasty - is a procedure to re-open a narrowed heart artery by inflating a tiny balloon in the narrowed segments.
Aortofemoral bypass
An aortofemoral bypass is a procedure to insert artificial tubes (grafts) above blocked iliac arteries and connect the ends of the graft to your femoral arteries.
Cardiac catheterisation (coronary angiogram)
Cardiac catheterisation involves inserting a very thin tube into the right side of your heart.
Cardioversion
Cardioversion is procedure that can be used to correct an irregular heartbeat.
Carotid endarterectomy
Sometimes plaque begins to build up on the walls of the arteries supplying blood and oxygen to the head and neck.
Interventional cardiology
Interventional cardiology includes procedures performed on the heart using catheterisation (tiny, flexible tubes).
Pacemakers
A pacemaker is a special device that treats an irregular or slow heart rhythm.