For decades, a clean coronary angiogram has been considered reassuring, almost synonymous with a healthy heart. But cardiologists are now warning that this assumption can be dangerously misleading. A ...

TORONTO, ON — New data from Ontario show that almost 42% of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) who underwent a diagnostic angiogram within a 17-hospital network were found to have ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Yet another study, this one investigating the VA healthcare system in the US, has found wide variations between hospitals in terms of how many of the angiograms they perform turn up ...

An angiogram is a type of diagnostic test to identify blocked or narrowed blood vessels. The cost of the procedure varies based on multiple factors. Angiograms, also called or arteriograms, can help ...

Did this woman’s additional bouts of pain warrant emergent repeat of previously negative angiography? Ms. P, a 54-year-old African American with a known history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and ...

An accurate, noninvasive technique for the diagnosis of coronary disease would be an important advance. We investigated the accuracy of coronary magnetic resonance angiography among patients with ...

For decades, the coronary angiogram has been considered the gold standard for detecting blocked arteries that cause a heart attack. When patients are told their angiogram is “normal”, it often brings ...