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The cardiology exams

THE CORONAROGRAPHY

- Description of the technique
- Conditions of exam
- Results
- Indications

CONDITIONS OF EXAM

The physician insures that his patient is not allergic to iodine in particular, because in this case, he should administer him the anti-allergic medicines such as the corticoids and antihistaminics, the eve of the exam if possible.

Medicines against the anxiety are sometimes administered just before carrying out the coronarography; the patient’s stomach is empty and the anticoagulant treatments are stopped.

During the coronarography, the patient is naked, recumbent on his back.

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File last reviewed on dec 18, 2011

 
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The coronarography, literally meaning the “x-ray of the coronary arteries”, is an exam requiring to puncture an artery of a member in order to introduce a hose through which a product impervious to X-rays will be injected, directly into the coronary arteries. More


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