Coronary Angiography is a diagnosis method, rather than a treatment as opposed to popular belief. Coronary angiography is a procedure utilizing x-rays, which allows imaging of coronary vessels of the heart by a special camera.
It allows identification of vascular stenosis or blockages and direction of the treatment as needed.
During the procedure, heart chambers are also reached so defects in heart valves and walls can also be demonstrated. It can be used for diagnosis of congenital heart diseases such as heart holes.
In this procedure, a thin plastic tube is placed in arm or groin vessel. Then, a long, thinner and flexible plastic tube called a catheter is passed through this and guided through the artery. When coronary arteries are reached, an agent called an X-ray dye is injected into the arteries. Thus, motion picture images of coronary arteries which have become visible are created at that moment. Then this angiography motion picture image is watched to reveal the problem in your coronary arteries.
It is a painless procedure that takes about 15 minutes.
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