The nickname Boilermakers goes back to 1891 when the Purdue football team defeated nearby rival Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana 44â0.
Doctors can use computed tomography (to-MOG-rah-fee) scans, or CT scans, to look for blood clots in the lungs and legs. For this test, dye is injected into a vein in your arm. The dye makes the blood vessels in your lungs and legs show up on x-ray images. You'll lie on a table, and an x-ray tube will rotate around you.
This will hurt no more than a blood test. â¢ Special fluid goes through the catheter so arteries. show up well on the X-ray. â¢ X-rays are taken as the fluid goes through the artery. â¢ You may be asked to hold your breath or cough. â¢ By studying the X-ray images, the doctor can see any. problems with your coronary arteries. â¢ If you wish, you can see the X-ray pictures on the. screen during or after the test.