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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.
Coronary angiography in the setting of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is important diagnostic tool for the evaluation of bypass graft patency in patients presenting with angina or ischemia. Furthermore, coronary interventions in diseased vein grafts are common practice for the treatment of graft atherosclerosis. Angiography in the setting of CABG is more complex and challenging. Before the vein graft angiography is performed, it is very helpful to have the operative report available.