An angiogram is a medical procedure of detecting blockage in the arterial system using a special contrast material and x-ray imaging system. An angiogram, also called coronary angiography, is a part ...

A new type of imaging technique using an MRI device can detect most diseased coronary arteries, potentially sparing many heart patients a more invasive, expensive and uncomfortable test, researchers ...

December 16, 2008 (Washington, DC) — The latest study to compare the diagnostic accuracy of CT angiography (CTA) to the gold standard--conventional coronary angiography (CCA)--indicates that the ...

Pulmonary angiography is a test that studies blood flow in your lungs. Its purpose is to find problems such as pulmonary ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. Angiography is the first test the Cardiologist recommends when one visits complaining of Angina pains. The word ...

Dr. Topol: Yes, thank you. We were all quite pleased about that. They got it wrong, though; they said the test was for heart attack. It is not for heart attack; obviously, it is for coronary disease.

A noninvasive method for measuring fluid status in patients before coronary angiography has been shown to predict the development of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (AKI), reports a paper ...

Dr. David Faxon answers the question: 'Abnormal Stress Test Results?' — -- Question: What happens when I get an abnormal result on my stress test? Answer: I kind of think of the results of a ...

Australian women having a heart attack are less likely to be promptly diagnosed and treated compared to men, although the ...

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday underwent a diagnostic angiogram at Apollo Hospital in Chennai.The results of the procedure were normal and Stalin was expected to resume his routine in ...