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angiogram
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an·gi·o·gram (nj--grm)
n.
An angiographic x-ray of blood vessels used in diagnosing pathological conditions of the cardiovascular system.//An x-ray of one or more blood vessels produced by angiography and used in diagnosing pathology in the cardiovascular system, such as arteriosclerosis.

Angiogram
An angiogram uses a radiopaque substance, or dye, to make the blood vessels or arteries visible under x ray.

angiogram
[an′jē·əgram]
Etymology: Gk, angeion, vessel, gramma, writing
a radiographic image of a blood vessel after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium. See also arteriogram, phlebogram.

angiogram [an´je-o-gram″]
a radiograph of a blood vessel.

angiogram
a radiograph of a blood vessel.

angiogram 
The photographic image obtained in fluorescein angiography.

angiogram
Interventional cardiology A film or digital image of a radioconstrast-filled blood vessel


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1) The fact that 38% of the angiograms in our study were abnormal leads us to believe that angiography should be considered whenever there is CT evidence of neurocranial injury.
Waiting times for angiograms had also been slashed from well over a year to a maximum of four weeks.
The coronary angiograms showed a 30% stenosis of left main coronary artery (LMCA), total occlusion of the first obtuse marginal branch of left circumflex artery (OM1) and 99% stenosis of right coronary artery (RCA) with large intracoronary thrombus formation.
 
 
 
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