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arteriography

arteriography

7.9
A medical X-ray image of the body's arteries after injection of a dye
  • noun
  • /ˌɑːrtɪˈɔːɡrəfi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : arteriografía
  • The team performed an arteriography to assess the blockage in the patient's arteries.
  • coronary arteriography

Examples

  • The workup included three-dimensional imaging, arteriography, and embolization to control bleeding.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The lesions were not detected by coronary arteriography.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Arteriography or MRA must be considered for any pulsatile neck mass.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Angioscopy is more sensitive than arteriography for observing intra-coronary structure.

    Academic text (1994)
  • There is a need for further interventional investigation or treatment, such as coronary arteriography or cardiac valve surgery.

    Academic text (2011)
  • However, if there remains any clinical suspicion of a vascular injury, even if suspicion is low, patients should be sent for arteriography or MRA if available.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Arteriography is also recommended to delineate the lesion's vascular supply so that embolization can be performed when necessary.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In the other 4, focal coronary artery spasm occurred spontaneously during arteriography.

    Academic text (1994)
  • After diagnostic coronary arteriography, heparin (5000 U) was given intravenously.

    Academic text (1994)
  • In a case similar to ours, Bakhos et al. performed arteriography with selective embolization of a cavernous hemangioma of the nasal cavity that was in close contact with the middle turbinate.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

angiogram
vsarteriography
  • Specialized
9 6.5

An X-ray picture that shows blood vessels after a dye is injected

is the process of producing those images rather than the images themselves
angiography
vsarteriography
  • Specialized
2 5.7

A medical test that uses injected dye to show the inside of blood vessels

focuses only on imaging the vessels that carry blood away from the heart
arteriogram
vsarteriography
  • Specialized
2 7.8

An X-ray picture of an artery after dye is injected

is the imaging procedure that creates such pictures rather than the picture itself

Surface Forms

arteriography singular

Morphology

arteriography = artery (semi-transparent) = arteri + graphy

The word is built from the medical combining form for 'artery' plus '-graphy' ('recording/imaging'), but the specialized technical meaning is only partly transparent to a general learner.

Etymology

The word arteriography comes from two parts: arterio- meaning 'artery' and -graphy meaning 'writing' or 'recording', the same ending in photography. So arteriography is like 'recording the arteries', which is why today it means making X-ray pictures of the body's arteries.