Diagnostic Procedure
radionuclide angiography
ra·di·o·nu·clide an·gi·og·ra·phy
Subclass of:
Radionuclide Imaging;
angiogram
Definitions related to radionuclide angiography:
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(radioangiography) Any nuclear medicine study that utilizes a radioactive tracer to image blood vessels or characterize blood blow.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The measurement of visualization by radiation of any organ after a radionuclide has been injected into its blood supply. It is used to diagnose heart, liver, lung, and other diseases and to measure the function of those organs, except renography, for which RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY is available.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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