Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sphygmographic tracing or pulse-curve from an artery; a sphygmogram taken from an artery.
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- noun An
X-ray of anartery after injection with aradiopaque material
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- noun an X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium
Etymologies
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Examples
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An arteriogram is an X-ray imaging test used by physicians to evaluate whether blood vessels (arteries) are narrowed, blocked, enlarged or malformed.
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In women, typically the blood vessels that are effected, much smaller blood vessels, harder to detect by an arteriogram and then therefore the symptoms may be different as well.
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The Framingham Heart Study reported that 50 percent of women with chest pain had little or no evidence of obstruction on arteriogram, as compared with 17 percent of men.
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A catheterization and angiogram or arteriogram is performed by passing a thin plastic tube into a blood vessel in the arm or groin which leads into the heart.
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The Framingham Heart Study reported that 50 percent of women with chest pain had little or no evidence of obstruction on arteriogram, as compared with 17 percent of men.
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A catheterization and angiogram or arteriogram is performed by passing a thin plastic tube into a blood vessel in the arm or groin which leads into the heart.
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The first one was something called an arteriogram, which I think has to do with -- yes.
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They had an arteriogram, an x-ray showing the remaining blood vessels between the two brains.
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They had an arteriogram, an x-ray showing the remaining blood vessels between the two brains.
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An arteriogram can help your doctor find out whether any of your arteries are blocked.
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