Angiography

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 Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside, or lumen, of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins, and the heart chambers. It is a type of X-ray used to check blood vessels as blood vessels may not show clearly on a normal x-ray, so special dye is injected to your blood. This causes your blood vessels to be highlighted, allowing your doctor to observe better. Angiography is used to check the health of your blood vessels and how blood flows through them.


This procedure can help diagnose several problems affecting blood vessels, such as:


  • Coronary artery disease.

  • Peripheral artery disease.

  • Atherosclerosis.

  • Blood clots.

  • Aneurysm.

 

Types


There can be several types of angiography, based on the body part that will be tested.

Some common ones include:


  • Coronary angiography- To check the heart and nearby blood vessels.

  • Cerebral angiography-  To check the blood vessels in and around the brain.

  • Pulmonary angiography- To check the blood vessels supplying the lungs

  • Renal angiography-  To check the blood vessels supplying the kidneys. 

 

Risks of an angiogram procedure are

 

  • Bleeding.

  • Infection.

  • Pain.

  • Kidney issues.

  • An allergic reaction to the contrast material 

  • Injury to blood vessels.

  • A blood vessel blockage that could cause a heart attack or stroke 

  • A blood vessel leak 

 

Angiography is usually a safe procedure and involves quite little pain. The side effects can be as minor as a bit of soreness, bruising or a lump of blood around the incision but this only prevails for a few days or weeks. 

All said and done, it is still important to make sure that one approaches a legitimate and good guidance for it.





Accounting for thorough experience and practice, Dr Aritra Konar is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata. He has been deemed one of the best cardiologists in Kolkata for his expertise lies in Coronary (femoral & radial routes) angiography, Coronary angioplasty (including primary angioplasty), Peripheral angiography and angioplasty, Permanent pacemaker, ICD, CRT implantation, BMV, BPV, Right heart catheterization and so on, in procedural skills. His guidance is trusted and so are his skills.

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