Inappropriate elimination is the number one reason owners give for relinquishing their cat to an animal shelter. It also accounts for 50 percent of all reported feline behavior problems. The three main causes for feline inappropriate elimination are a medical problem, urine marking, and aversion to the litter box.
Interventional radiology is a medical sub-specialty of radiology utilizing minimally-invasive image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat diseases in nearly every organ system.
A few of the therapies and methods used by Interventional Radiologists include: 1  Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): A technique which is image-guided and utilizes heat to destroy cancer cells. 2  Angioplasty: In this procedure a thin catheter attached to a small balloon is inserted into a blood vessel.