2006-09-04 04:31:19 · 21 answers · asked by alan r 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I can't remember what it is called but my father in law had one recently. The Dr puts a dye through it and looks on an x-ray to see if it passes through. Failing that they can open you up. If it is blocked a heart attack is just around the corner.
2006-09-04 04:34:00 · answer #1 · answered by koolkatt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The test, to find out if your arteries are blocked, is called
angiogram. This test is normally carried out by a heart
specialist. It roughly involves in the insertion of fine tube
through the femoral veins (found at the upper of the inner
thigh) and it works its way up inside the blood vessels to
or near the heart to "search or see" which part is partially
or fully blocked.
2006-09-04 11:49:08 · answer #2 · answered by steplow33 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends where you (or the doctors) suspect a blockage. This could be tested, as another contributor has suggested, by an angiogram, but equally it could be tested with an ultra-sound test - similar to those given to pregnant females and which show the unborn child. Such ultra-sound test would show, for instance the flow of blood through the veins and/or arteries and could identify if and or where a blockage has occurred caused by an emboli (blood clot).
2006-09-04 11:42:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To look for coronary artery blockages the docs perform an arteriogram usually in Xray department. At the same time, they can sometimes perform an angioplasty (also called PTCA for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) to remove plaque and sometimes insert stents during the procedure.
To determine if someone has blood clots in a peripheral artery (other than heart) they measure pulse readings in feet, ankles and legs with doppler.
2006-09-04 11:38:59 · answer #4 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an angiogram. I have had one. I had a heart attack at a very young age. Don't do this. Take care of yourself.
The angiogram was painless. I watched nearly all of it on the TV monitor above my head - I could see my heart beat, and see the needle in the arteries of my cardiac muscles.
Again, don't have a heart attack a young age, It's not worth it.
2006-09-08 09:08:48 · answer #5 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the doctor usually uses a doppler test and ultrasound, then
if they think its blocked arteries then they will perform the
angiogram and the dye tests which will show the blockage .
The doctors will then tell you what your options are. They do
bypasses, and angioplasty-inserts balloon. They might treat you
with drugs . There are newer options today then even a few years
ago.
2006-09-04 11:59:39 · answer #6 · answered by nemesis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the easiest is with an ultra-sound probe going up and down the vein, but the worst is the invasive...Angiogram...I had several done, its not painful, U will be awake for this procedure and can see your heart pumping...if the vene is blocked, they can put a stent in it...
2006-09-04 11:40:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever the test - if you are concerned start to take half an Asprin a day as it thins the blood!
2006-09-04 11:35:18 · answer #8 · answered by shirley p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
would that not be a cholestorol test done by your gp coz high cholesterol blocks arteries
2006-09-04 11:33:47 · answer #9 · answered by Hitcher In The Picture 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually that test would be if you're still living and breathing... they're not blocked. If you mean partially blocked, they have angiograms for that.
2006-09-04 11:33:24 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋