cerebral angiography

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Cerebral angiography

A medical test in which an x-ray visible dye is injected into blood vessels to allow them to be imaged on an x ray.

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cerebral angiography

Etymology: L, cerebrum, brain; Gk, angeion, vessel, graphein, to record

a radiographic procedure used to visualize the vascular system of the brain after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium.

cerebral angiography

Imaging The injection of radiocontrast into the carotid artery, to evaluate the need for endarterectomy due to ASHD

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