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ANGIOGRAPHY

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Meaning:

Roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("angiography" is a kind of...):

roentgenography; X-ray photography (radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "angiography"):

lymphangiography; lymphography (roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram)

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This contrast agent is used as a diagnostic aid in angiography, urography and radiography.

(Diatrizoate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called computed tomography angiography and CTA.

(CT angiography, NCI Dictionary)

The hydrochloride salt form of arbutamine, a synthetic catecholamine with positive chronotropic and inotropic properties, used in echocardiography and diagnostic coronary angiography.

(Arbutamine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic catecholamine with positive chronotropic and inotropic properties, used in echocardiography and diagnostic coronary angiography.

(Arbutamine, NCI Thesaurus)

For this study, however, the researchers added a new component to the more common test: angiography, which allows doctors to distinguish red blood cells from other tissue in the retina.

(Predicting Alzheimer's Disease May Be Possible Using Eye Exam, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This was a prospective, observational study which included 545 adult men who underwent multi-slice computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography for suspected coronary artery disease.

(Grey Hair Linked with Increased Heart Disease Risk in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Computed tomography angiography may be used to check for aneurysms (a bulge in the blood vessel wall), blockages in the arteries, blood clots, and other blood vessel problems.

(Computed tomography angiography, NCI Dictionary)

The passage of a catheter into the aortic root or other great vessel for the purpose of angiography of the native coronary arteries or bypass grafts supplying native coronary arteries.

(Coronary Angiography, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

This is defined as any one of the following: Claudication, either with exertion or at rest, amputation for arterial vascular insufficiency, vascular reconstruction, bypass surgery, or percutaneous intervention to the extremities, documented aortic aneurysm with or without repair, vascular angiography demonstrating a 50% or greater stenosis of a major peripheral arterial vessel, positive noninvasive test for peripheral arterial disease, including an ankle-brachial index less than or equal to 0.9, ultrasound, magnetic resonance or computed tomography imaging demonstrating a 50% or greater stenosis of a major peripheral arterial vessel.

(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Also called magnetic resonance angiography.

(MRA, NCI Dictionary)