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Angiography

What You Need to Know About Your Angiography Test

(Link to Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Angiography is a way to produce X-ray pictures of the inside of blood vessels. When blood vessels are blocked, damaged or abnormal in any way, chest pain, heart attack, stroke or other problems may occur. Angiography helps your physician determine the source of the problem and the extent of damage to the blood vessel segments that are being examined. ...More

Catheter Angiography

(Linked to American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
Angiography is a type of x-ray that is done to image blood vessels in various parts of the body in order to determine whether the vessels are blocked or enlarged (aneurysmal). After passing a catheter through an artery leading to the body area of interest, a contrast material is injected to highlight the vessels when x-rays are taken.  …More