Angiography

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Indications 3 Clinical-significance 4 Procedure 5 Complications 6 Notes 7 More General Terms 8 Additional Terms 9 References

More Specific Terms

• arteriography
• cineangiography
• computed tomography angiography (CT angiography)
• digital subtraction angiography (DSA)
• fluorescein angiogram (FA)
• lymphangiography
• magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
• pulmonary angiography

Indications

• vascular disease, especially

• arterial thrombosis
• vascular aneurysm
• coronary artery disease
• peripheral vascular disease

• carotid artery disease

Clinical-significance

• limitations of angiography ( carotid angiography)

• 2 dimensional display
• accuracy depends on lumenal conformation

• round, elliptical, crescent, multilobular

Procedure

• a method of visualizing blood vessels by introducing a radiographic solution, generally by percutaneous catherization of an artery or vein & placement of the tip of the catheter under fluoroscopic control

Complications

• renal toxicity 2-5%
• cardiac toxicity (rare)

• arrhythmias
• decreased contractility?

Notes

• 1895 contrast angiography
• 1920 non-toxic contrast media
• 1990 non ionic contrast

More General Terms

• radiography (diagnostic imaging, roentgenography)

Additional Terms

• catheterization
• fluoroscopy

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

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