Best Doctors for Radial Angiogram Treatment in Visakhapatnam

Radial Angiogram is a diagnostic technique used to evaluate the blood flow through arteries, veins and through heart through inserting a flexible tube called catheter into the radial artery. A contract dye is injected into the blood through the catheter that is placed at radial artery. Then imaging procedures like X-rays, CT and MRI scans are used to visualize blood flow through arteries and veins. It is done when a person experience unexplained chest pain radiating to jaw, neck and arm, chest injuries, valvular heart diseases and congenital heart diseases. Radial angiogram helps in diagnosing different conditions of blood vessels such as aneurysms, any block or narrowing of the blood vessels and other cardiac issues. The whole procedure is done under sedation though the process is pain less it helps in relaxing the person during the procedure. Complications such as allergic reactions to the contrast dye, blood vessel damage, bleeding, injury, infections, cardiac arrhythmia and heart stroke are not uncommon.