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What does an angiogram show?
An angiogram shows disease, narrowing or blockage of a blood vessel.
What can an abnormal angiogram reveal?
may display a narrowed blood vessel with decreased arterial blood flow (ischemia) or an irregular arrangement or location of blood vessels. The results of an angiogram vary widely by the type of procedure performed
What does the surgeon do after he has widened the blood vessel?
After the surgeon has widened the blood vessel, he or she verifies its patency by using fluoroscopy and contrast media to produce an angiogram, by using intravascular ultrasound, or by using both techniques
Identify blood vessel that conducts blood to the head?
carotid artery
What is the medical term meaning X-ray record of the blood vessels?
AngiogramDigital Subtraction Angiography (DSA)AngiocardiographyAn angiogram is an x-ray record of blood vessels after injecting contrast dye. The process of getting an angiogram is angiography.
What is the medical term meaning record of an artery?
You are likely referring to an angiogram. Angiogram means the 'recording' of any blood vessel, not necessarily coronary. I would say your best answer is 'coronary angiography' this is performed via a procedure called 'cardiac catheterization'
If you get an angiogram what is the doctor getting a picture of?
Your blood vessels
What procedure takes radiographic images of blood vessels?
angiogram
What is an angeogram?
An angiogram is a picture of the blood vessels in the heart taken by xray.
Which technique is used to help locate problems within blood vessel throughout the body?
An angiogram or arteriogram is a procedure that helps locate problems within blood vessels throughout the body. Dye is injected into the blood vessels and X-rays are taken. X-rays show where there is blockage or narrowing of the vessels.
What type of procedure was performed when a radiopaque material was injected into the blood vessels?
It is angiogram.
What is the medical term meaning expansion of a blood vessel?
Dilation of a blood vessel is the term for physiologic widening of the vessel. Abnormal widening of the blood vessel through a weakening of the wall is known as aneurysm.Dilation of a blood vessel means widening of the vessel.
