Angiography
Angiography is an invasive examination of arteries and veins with catheters and a percutaneous access to the vascular system. It is often combined with treatment of vascular occlusions, bleeding, or tumor therapy. The interventions are normally performed in local anesthesia.
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Rupture of the inner layer of the aortic wall with development of a dissecting aneurysm (arrow) |
Examinations
- Aortography
- Ilio-femoral arteriography
- Arm- and handangiography
- Renal arteriography
- Visceral arteriography
- Carotid and vertebral angiography
- Cerebral angiography
- Spinal arteriography
- Bronchial artery angiography
- Pulmonalary arteriography
- Angiography of the superior and inferior caval vein
- Peripheral Phlebography
- Angiography of the spermatic vein in varicocele and male infertility
- Venography of the cerebral sinus
