angiocardiogramn.
/ˌan(d)ʒɪə(ʊ)ˈkɑːdɪə(ʊ)ɡram/, U.S. /ˌændʒiəˈkɑrdioʊˌɡræm/, /ˌændʒioʊˈkɑrdioʊˌɡræm/, /ˌændʒiəˈkɑrdiəˌɡræm/, /ˌændʒioʊˈkɑrdiəˌɡræm/ Medicine.
An image or series of images of the heart and the great vessels entering and leaving it, obtained by cardioangiography. Occasionally also (in non-technical use): an image or series of images of the coronary arteries obtained by angiography; a coronary angiogram.
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1939 Year Bk. Radiol. 184 The angiocardiogram is typical in transposition of the large vessels.
1948 Brit. Jrnl. Radiol. 21 381/1 The Normal Angiocardiogram. After injection of 20 c.c. of contrast agent local venous pressure is rapidly raised.
2003 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Feb. 6 He was booked for an angiocardiogram at Townsville General Hospital on October 23, 2001, but he died before then.
2019 Jrnl. Exotic Pet Med. 29 215/2 The one other report of a concurrent cardiac anomaly in an animal with pectus excavatum describes a kitten which was diagnosed with left to right shunt by angiocardiogram.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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