Angiogram Of The Lung: Results
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Results
An angiogram of the lung is an X-ray test that uses a special dye and camera (fluoroscopy) to take pictures of the blood flow in the blood vessels of the lung. Your doctor may tell you some results right after the test. Full results are ready in 2 days.
| Normal: | The dye flows evenly through the blood vessels. |
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| No narrowing, blockage, bulging, or other problem of the blood vessels is seen. The pulmonary artery pressures are normal. | |
| Abnormal: | A blocked or narrowing in a pulmonary artery may indicate a fat deposit or clot is reducing blood flow to the lungs (pulmonary embolism). |
| Blood vessels that are not in their normal position may indicate that a tumor or other growth is pushing against them. | |
| A bulge in a blood vessel may indicate a weakness in the blood vessel wall (aneurysm). | |
| Dye that leaks out of a blood vessel may indicate there is a hole in the blood vessel. | |
| There is an abnormal vessel or blockage between vessels in the lung. | |
| There is abnormal branching of blood vessels present since birth (congenital). |
| Last updated: | January 19, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | Kenneth B. Sutherland, CD, BSc, MD, FRCPC - Diagnostic Radiology, Paul D. Traughber, MD - Radiology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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