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US
/ˈænˌdʒioʊˌɡɹæm/
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[ UK /ˈæŋɡɪˌɒɡɹæm/ ]
[ UK /ˈæŋɡɪˌɒɡɹæm/ ]
NOUN
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an X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance
angiograms are produced by angiography
How To Use angiogram In A Sentence
- The film or image of the blood vessels is called an angiograph, or more commonly, an angiogram. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- The catheter is inserted either at the front of the elbow, for investigation of the neck arteries (a carotid angiogram), or in the groin for a coronary angiogram.
- A skull workup was normal and MR angiogram revealed only mild narrowing of the left posterior cerebral artery.
- More noteworthy is that the superior mesenteric angiograms showed shunting of blood from the arterioles to the venous channels, bypassing the capillaries.
- SMITH: I think it's fair to say that the angiogram is currently the most definitive test we have available to get the kind of anatomic detail that we need to make these decisions. CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2004
- And yesterday afternoon -- or yesterday morning -- I had an angiogram, which is a catheter treatment through the heart, and they found absolutely nothing wrong. CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2010
- Angiograms, images made by catheters inserted into the arteries feeding the heart, offer an inside view of the interior surface ( "lumen") of these blood vessels, often revealing deposits of a dangerous fatty substance called plaque. Health News from Medical News Today
- Chest radiography, abdominal computed tomography, and lymphangiogram were normal.
- He had had a coronary angiogram and many echocardiograms and electrocardiograms at various cardiac centres.
- GUPTA: Before the 64-Slice CT Scanner, high-risk heart patients would have to under go a stress test or an angiogram, which is an x - ray of the blood vessels using a catheter in the vein. CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2006