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Extremity arteriography - Results
Alternative Names
Angiography/arteriography of the extremity
Normal Values:
The x-ray shows normal structures for the age of the patient.
What abnormal results mean:
The x-ray may show blockage in the vessels caused by the following:
- Hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis) or other diseases of the arteries
- Blood clots
- Aneurysms (sacs filled with blood that have formed because of an abnormal widening in the artery)
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed include the following:
- Deep venous thrombosis
- Thromboangiitis obliterans
- Vasculitis
- Trauma
Extremity arteriography may also be used before surgery.
- Reviewed last on: 1/24/2007
- Stuart Bentley-Hibbert, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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