Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Radiographic visualization of the blood vessels following the injection of a radiopaque substance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a description of the blood-vessels and lymphatics.
- noun A description of the implements, vessels, weights, measures, etc., in use in any country.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.
- noun (Med.) a diagnostic procedure in which the location and size of blood vessels may be visualized by taking an X-ray photograph after injecting a radiopaque substance into the blood stream.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A medical imaging technique in which an
X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of bloodvessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in thearteries ,veins and the heartchambers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram
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Examples
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Also known as angiography or arteriography, this special x-ray helps to detect if your coronary arteries are blocked, where, and by how much.
The 10 Best Questions™ for Recovering from a Heart Attack Ph.D. Dede Bonner 2009
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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.
NYT > Home Page By TARA PARKER-POPE 2011
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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.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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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.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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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.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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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.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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Another use would be before painful procedures such as angiography, balloon angioplasty, and the insertion of venous catheters.
Boing Boing: August 15, 2004 - August 21, 2004 Archives 2004
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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.
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But abnormal results from that test, which are common in healthy people, often lead to additional tests, including CT angiography.
Consumers often get unnecessary screening tests for heart disease, CR poll finds 2011
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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.
Limits of New Screen for Heart Disease Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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