Importance of coronary angiography

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Importance of coronary angiography
Coronary angiography is the medical test that is
used to look at the coronary arteries, the main
aim of coronary and your girlfriend is too help
diagnosing certain heart diseases. The rear
arteries are responsible to bring oxygenated
blood to the heart this test is generally used to
check for narrowed or any blockage in coronary
arteries or in the assessment of anatomy or
structure of the coronary artery. In the cases of
blocked coronary artery there are risk of
developing many hard diseases such as coronary
heart disease, heart failure, angina. If there is
blockage in the coronary artery for a long
direction of time that can also lead to heart
attack which may cause death.
Coronary angiography is an imaging test that uses
X-ray to view the blood vessels, the x-rays which
are provided by angiography are called as
ingiograms. If there is any narrowing,
mallformed, enlarged or blocked arteries or the
veins in the heart it can be easily detected by
coronary angiography.
There are variety of heart diseases that require
coronary angiography, as a mean off
diagnosis,These conditions include-
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• Chest pain
• Congenital heart disease
• Coronary artery disease
• Valvular disease
• Any blood vessel problems or blockage
• Pain in neck and jaw

Importance of coronary angiography-
-Diagnosing heart conditions- call Mary and
geography can be used to diagnose number of heart
diseases.

• Coronary heart disease- This involves buildup of
  fatty substances in the coronary arteries,
  coronary artery are the main artries that
  supplies the blood to the heart, any blockage in
  the coronary artery affects the hearts blood
  supply, coronary heart disease can lead to angina
  and heart attacks.

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• Heart attack- Serious medical emergencies where
  there is sudden blockage in the blood supply
  which is usually caused by blood clot.

• Congenital heart diseases- Coronary angiography
  can be used to diagnose congenital heart diseases
  usually in children's arrange of birth defects
  that affect the normal working of the heart is
  called as congenital heart disease.

• Valvular heart disease- Any problems in the
  valves of heart that affects the blood supply
  this include problem with the function of one or
  more valves within the heart.

• Angina- A dull, heavy or tight pain in the chest
  that is caused by restriction in the hearts blood
  supply is called Angina.

Treating heart problems -
Coronary angiography is the main test that is
used before or during certain cardiac treatments
like-
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• Coronary angioplasty- Or percutaneous  coronary
  intervention A procedure that is used to widen
  the narrowed or blocked coronary artery.

• CABG- Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
  that is performed to divert the blood around the
  narrow arteries and to improve the blood flow to
  the heart.

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• Heart valve surgery- This is a operation to
  repair and to replace the heart walls that were
  responsible for the blockage of blood supply to
  the heart.

Along with all the above mentioned importance
there are certain points that can be detected,
ie-

• Pin pointing There the blockages are located in
  the blood vessels.
• To evaluate how much blood flow is blocked
  through the blood vessels.
• To check the results of previous coronary bypass
  surgery
• To check the blood flow of the heart blood
  vessels.
• To show the location and the exact scenario of
  how many of the coronary arteries are blocked.
• Detection of arteriosclerosis.

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