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An angiogram is a test that allows the doctors to view your coronary arteries from a number of angles to detect any areas where there may be a build up of fatty plaques. This is done by inserting a very fine catheter (hollow tube) into an artery either in your groin or your wrist. It is done using local anaesthetic and passing the tube through the artery until it reaches your coronary arteries. A dye will then be injected into your coronary arteries to allow the doctors to view x-ray pictures of your coronary arteries.

 

This test may be done whilst you are an in patient, following a cardiac event, or it may be carried out as a day case out-patient at Papworth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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