Head angiogram


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Head angiogram


Image of angiogram of the brain

Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho.

Figure 1 shows normal blood flow in the arteries on one side of the brain. Figure 2 shows a weak spot in a blood vessel (aneurysm) that is bleeding.

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Primary Medical Reviewer Kenneth B. Sutherland, CD, BSc, MD, FRCPC - Diagnostic Radiology
Specialist Medical Reviewer Paul D. Traughber, MD - Radiology
Specialist Medical Reviewer Christine Wendt, R.D., L.D.
Last Updated January 19, 2007

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Last updated: January 19, 2007
Reviewed By: Kenneth B. Sutherland, CD, BSc, MD, FRCPC - Diagnostic Radiology, Kenneth B. Sutherland, CD, BSc, MD, FRCPC - Diagnostic Radiology

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