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MEDOP 230- Cardiology: Radiologic Procedures & Nuclear Medicine Procedures

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Radiologic   Angiography   Procedure in which contrast dye is injected into a blood vessel to outline it on an x-ray; the resulting image is an angiogram.   •When done in an artery, the procedure is arteriography and the image is an arteriogram.•When done in a vein, the procedure is venography and the image is a venogram.  
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Radiologic   Echocardiography   Procedure in which ultra high-frequency sound waves are bounced off the heart to create an image called an echocardiogram.    
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Radiologic   Doppler ultrasonography   Procedure that uses Doppler technology and ultra high-frequency sound waves to create an image of blood flow in an artery or vein    
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Nuclear Medicine   Multiple-gated acquisition (MUGA) scan   Procedure that takes images of the heart chambers and calculates the ejection fraction.   •Patient is injected with a radioactive tracer that binds to red blood cells.•A camera records gamma rays from the tracer and coordinates the image with the patient’s ECG.  
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Nuclear Medicine   Myocardial perfusion scan   Procedure that combines a cardiac exercise stress test with injection of a radioactive tracer.   •Tracer collects in parts of the heart with the best blood flow.•Areas of decreased or absent tracer uptake indicate poor perfusion or dead tissue  
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