CT angiography is a less invasive version of the traditional angiogram. The main difference between the two procedures is that while a standard angiogram involves a catheter being inserted into the artery and to the area being studied, a CT angiogram does not require the insertion of a catheter...
Computed tomography AngiogramCase reportBACKGROUND Aortic coarctation(CoA)is usually confused with interrupted aortic arch(IAA),especially adult type A interrupted aortic arch,due to their similar anatomical location.Although the main difference between them is whether arterial lumen exhibits continuity or ...
(sex, age, height, weight, brachial cuff DBP, brachial cuff pulse pressure, heart rate, augmentation index at 75 beats/min, aortic pulse wave velocity, estimated glomerular filtration rate, active smoking status, type 2 diabetes, presence of ≥1 diseased vessel on coronary angiogram, and use ...
In my image, I have overlaid the man’s chest X-ray with the angiogram study of the arteries of his right arm. The artery and the aneurysm are depicted in multiple layers and I have used the colour scheme to indicate the dangerous nature of this condition. ...
Figure 01: A Coronary Angiogram showing an Occluded Coronary Artery. The recent introduction of the stents coated with a drug capable of preventing the restenosis of the damaged vessel has minimized the necessity of repeated revascularization. These stents are known as the drug-eluting stents. There...