Diagnostic Procedure
angiocardiography
an·gi·o·car·di·og·ra·phy [ an-jee-oh-kahr-dee-og-ruh-fee ]
Subclass of:
Cardiac Imaging Techniques;
Heart Function Tests;
angiogram
Definitions related to angiocardiography:
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Radiography of the heart and great vessels after injection of a contrast medium.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Angiocardiography, method of following the passage of blood through the heart and great vessels by means of the intravenous injection of a radiopaque fluid, whose passage is followed by serialized X-ray pictures. A thin plastic tube (catheter) is positioned into a heart chamber by inserting it...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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