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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.

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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The patient was taken to the radiology suite, where he underwent right cerebral angiography (figure 1, C).
The authors compare and contrast alternative examination procedures, such as lumbar puncture, CT scanning, magnetic resonance imaging, isotope brain scanning, cerebral angiography, and carotid ultrasound.
 
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