What is an Angiography?
Angiography is the test where dyes that can be seen by x-rays are injected into blood vessels (either arteries or veins) and examined using x-rays. The resulting pictures are called angiograms. Angiograms are used to diagnose narrowing or blockages in vessels anywhere in the body, from head to toe, including:
The arteries feeding the heart muscle
The arteries going to the brain
The arteries feeding the arms and legs
The arteries feeding the kidneys
All of the vessels going to and coming from the lungs In addition to finding narrowing and blockages, angiography can also be used to find places where the arteries or veins are bulging or ballooning. These spots are called aneurysms and if not treated, can cause death when they rupture.
If you have chest pain, horrible cramping leg pain coupled with a lack of pulses in the feet, or mini-stroke type symptoms Or trouble breathing ,lung clot. Any of these scenarios you have to go for Angiography.