Talking to your friends and neighbors wonât give you the ultimate answer you seek. There is one way, and only one way, to diagnose if you really do have a Human Growth Hormone Deficiency. A blood test will allow you to discover if you have a low IGF-1 level.
Coronary angiography. Coronary angiography is a procedure that uses a special dye (contrast material) and x-rays to see how blood flows through the arteries in your heart. Coronary angiography is often done along with cardiac catheterization. This is a procedure which measures pressures in the heart chambers.
An angiogram is a specific type of CT scan with contrast. In a CT angiogram the contrast is timed so that it will highlight either the arteries or veins (venogram) of interest. For instance, a CT angiogram of the chest to evaluate for PE will have the timing set so the contrast is present in the pulmonary arteries.