angiography

IPA: ˈændʒioʊgræfi

(medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.

Examples of "angiography" in Sentences

Another use would be before painful procedures such as angiography, balloon angioplasty, and the insertion of venous catheters.
But abnormal results from that test, which are common in healthy people, often lead to additional tests, including CT angiography.
Also known as angiography or arteriography, this special x-ray helps to detect if your coronary arteries are blocked, where, and by how much.
Yet doctors are reluctant to do an invasive test, such as angiography, which sends a probe into the heart and has its own dangers, Einstein said.
This is a special kind of angiography procedure that's specifically designed to examine the blood vessels in the heart and how they respond to different medications.
The researchers interviewed 200 patients who were undergoing a diagnostic test called angiography, an X-ray exam of the blood vessels and heart chambers that can determine if a person has coronary heart disease.
John McEvoy, a heart specialist at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the lead author, said doctors are looking for "optimum use" of a non-invasive imaging test called coronary computed tomographic angiography, called a CCTA test and also known as CT angiography.