Angioplasty is one of the cornerstone procedures at Prospero Vascular & Interventional, where we use image‑guided, minimally invasive techniques to treat vascular disease without open surgery. In Hayward and the East Bay, our same‑day outpatient clinic delivers advanced care for vascular and nonvascular conditions. Under Dr. David Soto’s leadership, we strive to help patients resume active, comfortable lives.
In this blog, we’ll explore how angioplasty fits into our broader services, explain the conditions we treat, detail key procedures, and illustrate why Prospero offers a compelling alternative to traditional hospital care.
What Is Prospero Vascular & Interventional?
Prospero Vascular & Interventional is a privately operated outpatient clinic based in Hayward, California. We serve the East San Francisco Bay Area, offering patients high-level, image‑guided, minimally invasive treatments for both vascular and nonvascular disorders.
Our goal is simple: avoid surgery when possible, minimize pain, shorten recovery, and put patients back on their feet. Patients walk in, receive personalized care, and leave the same day. We focus on warm, compassionate, patient-centered service within a modern outpatient environment.
Dr. David Soto, a board-certified vascular and interventional radiologist with over 15 years of hospital and outpatient experience, founded Prospero to close a gap in ambulatory interventional care. The Hayward location opened in early 2024 to bring sophisticated, minimally invasive options to local patients.
To learn more about our broader services, you can visit our main site.
Conditions We Treat
At Prospero, we treat a wide range of vascular and nonvascular conditions—deploying targeted therapies and devices:
Vascular Conditions
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
- Venous diseases (varicose veins, venous insufficiency)
- Peripheral neuropathy (vascular contributions or nerve pain)
Nonvascular Conditions
- Chronic knee pain (through techniques like Genicular Artery Embolization)
- Chronic shoulder pain
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
- Hemorrhoids (symptomatic internal hemorrhoids)
- Uterine fibroids / uterine artery issues
Visit our Conditions page to see full details on each indication.
Key Procedures We Offer
Prospero provides numerous minimally invasive, image-guided options. Here are some highlights:
Vascular Treatments
- Angioplasty & vascular stenting: Widens narrowed arteries using balloon dilation, often with stent placement to maintain the vessel’s openness. UCLA Health+1
- Dialysis access & fistulograms
- Vein ablation / laser ablation / radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
- Sclerotherapy for small vein treatments
- Peripheral neuropathy interventions
Nonvascular Interventions
- Genicular Artery Embolization (GAE) for knee pain
- Hemorrhoidal Artery Embolization (HAE)
- Prostate Artery Embolization (PAE) for BPH
- Uterine Artery Embolization (UAE / UFE) for fibroids
- Kyphoplasty
- Paracentesis / thoracentesis
- Port-a-cath / vascular port placement
Each procedure is planned using advanced imaging guidance (fluoroscopy, ultrasound, cone-beam CT) to precisely target pathology while sparing healthy tissues.
Why Angioplasty Matters—and When It’s Used
Angioplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that opens narrowed or blocked arteries by inflating a small balloon inside the vessel. When needed, stents (mesh scaffolds) may be implanted to keep the artery open. Wikipedia+2UCLA Health+2
This technique is often used for Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), especially in leg arteries. Blockages due to atherosclerosis can cause pain with walking (claudication), rest pain, or non-healing wounds. Angioplasty restores blood flow, alleviating symptoms and reducing the risk of limb loss. UCLA Health
Compared to open surgical bypass, angioplasty usually involves:
- Smaller incisions (often via the groin or wrist)
- Local or moderate sedation
- Shorter recovery time
- Lower complication rates
At Prospero, we apply the same principles to many vascular and nonvascular cases—making angioplasty a core tool in our outpatient suite.
The Prospero Advantage: Why Choose Outpatient Interventional Care?
Prospero brings patients a number of advantages over traditional hospital-based models:
- Same-day outpatient convenience — No overnight hospital stay
- Minimally invasive approach — Less pain, smaller incisions, fewer complications
- Faster recovery — Many patients resume normal activities within days
- Personalized, compassionate care — We aim for comfort, clarity, and respect
- Expert oversight — All treatments are guided by a highly trained interventional radiologist
- Lower cost & streamlined care — Without hospital overhead, we can often deliver value
Because we focus on image-guided therapies, patients avoid general anesthesia and extensive recovery time. And since we operate in a dedicated outpatient center, scheduling and logistics are more patient-friendly.
If you’d like to explore our broader service capabilities, see our sitemap or blog page.
What to Expect When You Visit Prospero
Here’s a streamlined walkthrough of the patient journey:
- Consultation & imaging review
- Pre-procedure planning (labs, imaging, consent)
- Procedure day — Local anesthesia, mild sedation, catheter-based treatment
- Recovery / observation — Typically a few hours before discharge
- Follow-up — Imaging, clinical visits, symptom monitoring
We emphasize communication at every step to ensure you feel informed and comfortable.
Who Benefits Most From This Model?
Our ideal patients include people who:
- Want to avoid major surgery
- Are dealing with vascular symptoms (leg pain, poor circulation)
- Suffer from chronic pain (knee, shoulder) not fully resolved with conservative therapy
- Have BPH or fibroid-related symptoms seeking alternatives to open surgery
- Want convenience, lower risk, and a more comfortable treatment experience
If you’re in the East Bay / Hayward area, Prospero offers access to advanced treatments without traveling into big city hospitals.
We encourage you to visit our San Francisco vascular clinic information, to see how our approach aligns with broader regional care.
Final Thoughts
By centering angioplasty within a broad suite of minimally invasive interventions, Prospero Vascular & Interventional stands at the forefront of outpatient care in the East Bay. Our mission is to help patients move better, feel better, and live better—with fewer risks, shorter recovery, and personalized attention.
If you’re interested in exploring treatment options, you are welcome to browse our main site or check our thank you / contact page to reach out. We also regularly post updates, case studies, and patient resources in our blog.
We look forward to helping you regain comfort and mobility—without resorting to surgery.
Resources
Here are five credible, noncompetitor resources for further reading on interventional radiology, angioplasty, and minimally invasive care:
- Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) – professional guidance and procedure standards
- Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) – Interventional Radiology
- American College of Radiology (ACR) – Practice Guidelines for Vascular Procedures
- National Library of Medicine / PubMed – Angioplasty medical research
- Mayo Clinic – Peripheral Arterial Disease overview
