| | | | | up clearly on x-ray films). The x-ray films are |
| Coronary Angiography / Angiogram Treatment | | | | recorded as a moving picture and this is called an |
| | | | | angiogram. The angiogram shows the vessels filling |
| What is coronary angiography ? | | | | with blood and the sites of any narrowing can be |
| Coronary angiography is a special x-ray of the | | | | seen. |
| coronary arteries. The coronary arteries do not show | | | | |
| up on a plain x-ray. With coronary angiography, dye is | | | | How long does coronary angiography take ? |
| injected down the coronary arteries. The arteries and | | | | It usually takes about 30 minutes. In most cases it is |
| their smaller branches then show up clearly on an | | | | done as a day-case procedure. |
| x-ray "like a road map". Dye is injected into the | | | | After the test : - |
| coronary arteries by using a catheter. (A catheter is | | | | - The doctor will discuss what he or she found during |
| a thin, flexible, hollow tube.) How this is done is | | | | the test. A letter is also sent to your GP giving details |
| descibed below. | | | | of the test results. |
| Therefore, coronary angiography can show the | | | | - You will need to rest for a few hours after the |
| exact site and severity of any narrowing of the | | | | test. You should ask a friend or relative to |
| coronary arteries. This helps the doctor to decide on | | | | accompany you home. Most people are able to |
| what treatment you may need. For example, if the | | | | resume their normal activities the next day. |
| narrowing is mild and does not need surgery. Or, if | | | | - There may be some bruising at the site of the |
| the narrowing is severe and you should have a | | | | catheter insertion which may be a little sore when |
| coronary artery bypass graft or coronary angioplasty. | | | | the anaesthetic wears off. Painkillers such as |
| | | | | paracetamol will help to ease this. |
| How is coronary angiography done ? | | | | - You may need to have some stitches removed |
| You lie on a couch in a catheterisation room. An x-ray | | | | after about seven days if a small cut was made to |
| machine is mounted above the couch. A catheter is | | | | insert the catheter. |
| inserted through a wide needle or small cut in the skin | | | | |
| into a blood vessel in the groin or arm. Local | | | | Please log on to : |
| anaesthetic is injected into the skin above the blood | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| vessel. Therefore, it should not hurt when the | | | | |
| catheter is passed into the blood vessel. The doctor | | | | We Care Core Values |
| gently pushes the catheter up the blood vessel | | | | We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| towards the heart. Low dose x-rays are used to | | | | you as the centre. |
| monitor the progress of the catheter tip which is | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| gently manipulated into the correct position. You may | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams |
| be able to see the progress of the catheter on the | | | | stationed at each partner hospital, we provide you |
| x-ray monitor. | | | | the smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. |
| The tip of the catheter is pushed just inside a main | | | | With a ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five |
| coronary artery. Some dye is then injected down the | | | | patients our patient care standards are unmatched |
| catheter into the artery. Several x-ray films are | | | | across the sub continent. |
| rapidly taken as the dye is injected (the dye shows | | | | |