Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty in Kharghar

Coronary angiography is an imaging study of the arteries that supply the heart muscle. A thin catheter is passed from the wrist or the groin up to the heart, contrast is injected, and the arteries are filmed. The result shows precisely which vessels are narrowed and by how much, which is information no scan from outside the body can give with the same certainty.

Angioplasty treats what the angiogram finds. A balloon on the tip of the catheter is inflated inside the narrowed segment to open it up, and in almost all cases a stent, a small metal mesh tube, is left behind to hold the artery open. Where the situation allows, this happens in the same sitting as the angiogram.

Wherever the anatomy permits, the procedure is done through the radial artery at the wrist. That means a lower bleeding risk, no need to lie flat for hours afterwards, and a quicker return to your feet than the older approach through the groin.

Angiography is usually advised after chest pain on exertion, an abnormal stress test, or a heart attack. Not every narrowing needs a stent, and part of the value of the study is knowing when medication and proper risk factor control are the better answer. Whichever way it goes, the pre and post procedure follow-up is structured rather than left to chance.