An angiogram is an X-ray test that uses a special dye and camera
(fluoroscopy) to take pictures of the blood flow of your arteries or
veins in the brain, head and neck, arms, legs, chest, or abdomen.
Angiograms
can look at the arteries in the lungs (pulmonary angiogram), brain
(cerebral angiogram), head and neck (carotid angiogram), legs or arms
(peripheral), and the aorta (aortogram). An angiogram can find a bulge
in a blood vessel (aneurysm). It can also show narrowing or a blockage
in a blood vessel that affects blood flow.
During an angiogram,
a thin tube called a catheter is placed into the femoral blood vessel
(femoral artery or vein) in the groin or just above the elbow (brachial
artery).
The catheter is guided to the area to be studied.
Then an iodine “dye” (contrast material) is injected into the vessel to
make the area show clearly on the X-ray pictures. This method is known
as conventional or catheter angiogram.
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