Peripheral Angiogram/ Angioplasty in Vijayawada

A peripheral angiogram in Vijayawada is a test that uses X-rays and dye to help your doctor find narrowed or blocked areas in one or more of the arteries that supply blood to your legs. The test is also called a peripheral arteriogram.

Peripheral angioplasty and stenting open a narrowed or blocked artery in your extremities, like your arms or legs. This treatment can prevent the need for more invasive procedures, such as bypass surgery.

Cardiologist in Vijayawada use a peripheral angiogram if they think blood is not flowing well in the arteries leading to your legs or, in rare cases, to your arms. The angiogram helps you and your doctor decide if a surgical procedure is needed to open the blocked arteries. Peripheral angioplasty is one such procedure. It uses a balloon catheter to open the blocked artery from the inside. A stent, a small wire mesh tube, is generally placed in the artery after angioplasty to help keep it open. Bypass surgery is another procedure. It re-routes blood around the blocked arteries. Consult heart stenting doctors at angioplasty hospitals in Vijayawada.

How Is a Peripheral Angiogram Performed?

A thin flexible tube (catheter) is inserted through an artery in your groin (femoral artery), wrist (radial artery) or arm (brachial artery). To make the arteries visible on x-ray, dye is injected through the tube into the target arteries. An x-ray camera films the arteries as they pump blood. These x-ray images can be viewed right away so treatment decisions can be made quickly.