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Angiography

 Angiography 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.


An arteriography is a procedure that produces an image of your arteries. During the procedure, your doctor will use contrast material, or dye, and X-rays to observe the flow of blood through your arteries and note any blockages. This procedure, also known as an angiogram, can be done on many different parts of your body.

Venography is a procedure to demonstrate the veins by using contrast media and others materials as for arteriography

INDICATIONS 

• Blockage of the blood Vessels.
• Suspected aneurysm.
• Renal artery stenosis.
• Renovascular hypertension.
• Trauma.
• Palpable renal masses.
•Chronic pyelonephritis.
• Renal abscesses.
and determination of the suitability of a (donor) kidney for renal transplantation.

CONTRAINDICATIONS 

  • Coagulopathy.
  • Decompensated congestive heart failure.
  • Hypertensive crisis.
  • Stroke or CVA.
  • Refractory arrhythmia.
  • GI hemorrhage.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Inability for patient cooperation.

EQUIPMENTS 

  • Angiography Systems.
  • Angiography Catheters.
  • Angiography Contrast Media.
  • Vascular Closure Devices (VCDs)
  • Angiography Balloons.
  • Angiography Guidewires.
  • Angiography Accessories.


PATIENT PREPARATION 

Don't eat or drink anything after midnight before your angiography,
Take all your medications to the hospital with you in their original bottles. ...
If you have diabetes, ask your doctor if you should take insulin or other oral 
The patient will change the cloth into hospital gown.

TECHNIQUE/ PROCEDURE 

An angiogram uses X-rays and a special dye (contrast) to take Image of the arteries in your brain, heart, and kidneys. The dye is injected into a small tube or catheter into a vessels in your groin or (sometimes) your arm. The small tube is inserted after an injection of local anaesthetic around the vessels.

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