CORONARY ANGIOGRAM

A coronary catheterization is a minimally invasive procedure to access the coronary circulation and blood filled chambers of the heart using a catheter.

Coronary angiography is a procedure in which fluoroscopy of your heart’s arteries (the coronary arteries) is taken to see if they are narrowed or blocked. During coronary angiography, you are given a local anesthetic and then a catheter (a long thin tube) is put into an artery in your groin, or at the inside of your elbow or near your wrist. The catheter is moved up the inside of your artery until it reaches your heart. A special dye is then injected into your coronary arteries and X-rays are taken.