How to Perform Ventriculography?
Ventriculogram Noninvasive Imaging Test. You Get an Injection of Dye into Your Blood. Then Your Doctor Uses a Special Camera to See How Well Your Heart Is...
Ventriculogram
- Noninvasive imaging test. You get an injection of dye into your blood. Then your doctor uses a special camera to see how well your heart is pumping blood.
- Invasive procedure. This test is done as part of a cardiac catheterization. Your doctor inserts a thin, flexible catheter into your heart.
What is a Ventriculography study?
Cardiac ventriculography is a medical imaging test used to determine a person's heart function in the right, or left ventricle. Cardiac ventriculography involves injecting contrast media into the heart's ventricle(s) to measure the volume of blood pumped.
Why do you think that cardiologist perform such cardiac ventriculography?
It helps the cardiologist determine the size and shape of the heart's chambers and evaluate their function as well as the function of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves.