angiogram

American  

[an-jee-uh-gram] / ˈæn dʒi əˌgræm /

noun

• angiograms
  plural

1. an x-ray produced by angiography.

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angiogram British  

/ ˈændʒɪəʊˌɡræm /

noun

1. an X-ray picture obtained by angiography

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angiogram Scientific  

/ ăn′jē-ə-grăm′ /

1. An x-ray of one or more blood vessels produced by angiography and used in diagnosing pathology in the cardiovascular system, such as arteriosclerosis.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• angiograms
  plural

Etymology

Origin of angiogram

First recorded in 1930–35; angio- + -gram ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

angiogram angiograms

Vascular surgeon Samuel Chen then performed the angiogram, and blood flow was restored to the leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

They said the scan showed two veins with severe blockages and high lung pressure, with a coronary angiogram and lung scan urgently needed.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2023

In addition to using contrast with a CT angiogram to determine whether patients have a blood clot or internal bleeding, doctors often rely on CT scans with contrast to spot infections, bowel blockages or cancers.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

An angiogram indicated a minor stroke in the form of a small venous tear at the back of his head, Van Hollen said.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022

“Fm not sure an angiogram would help you,” he said.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

For example, California’s Stanford Medicine is combining imaging from MRIs, CT scans and angiograms with a new software system to create a three-dimensional model that physicians and patients can see and manipulate.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2018

At work he performs hundreds of diagnostic cerebral angiograms, the same procedure he performed on the man in his 70s on that early morning in late June.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2017

So, he folds medical footage, including angiograms, into the animations.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2016

The latter tale thrills, though the back stories on other cardiac modernities—bypass surgeries, angiograms, and electrocardiograms included—can drag.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2015

One patient had sixty-seven stents placed throughout his coronary arteries and bypass grafts, in the course of twenty-eight coronary angiograms over a ten-year period.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 27, 2012