The coronarography

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THE CORONAROGRAPHY

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

RESULTS

Normal coronarography

The pictures below show a normal coronarography, displaying the different arteries of the heart.

Displaying a coronary artery (the right coronary)

Displaying a coronary artery (the right coronary).

Abnormal coronarography

The coronarography is abnormal when a reduction of the internal diameter of the artery, responsible for a reduction of the blood outflow, exists.

Below, strictures of the interior of a heart artery are represented, called “stenoses”.

isplaying a complete occlusion of an artery (anterior interventricular) and stricture of another artery (circumflex)

Displaying a complete occlusion of an artery (anterior interventricular)
and stricture of another artery (circumflex).

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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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