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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.
The use of angiography as a purely diagnostic radiologic treatment has steadily declined since the 1980s. However, during the same period, the therapeutic applications of angiography have expanded considerably. Angiography provides a complete examination of the arterial supply to an organ. For studies of the kidney, the aorta and renal arteries are typically visualized. In this study, a catheter is used to inject a contrast agent (dye) into the major blood vessel in the body. The amount of dye used depends on the size and function of the kidneys and renal blood flow.