Heart Check America's - EB Angiography

Procedure: EB Angiography

Purpose: To evaluate high-grade stenoses (narrowings) in the native coronary vessels or in bypass grafts.

For whom appropriate:

Individuals who previously have had bypass surgery, angioplasty or atherectomy, and for whom it is deemed advisable to monitor the condition of the revascularization(s).
Individuals who previously have had bypass surgery, angioplasty or atherectomy, and have recently begun to experience cardiac symptoms (chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, etc.).
Individuals for whom conventional angiography is being considered as a result of either symptoms or positive or inconclusive exercise (treadmill) testing.

Significance: In excess of one million coronary angiograms are performed in the United States each year. Approximately 30 percent of these procedures reveal either no abnormality or an abnormality that does not require surgical intervention. This means that hundreds of thousands of Americans each year are unnecessarily put to the expense, discomfort and risk of conventional angiography. EB Angiopraphy provides the opportunity to rule out the need for conventional angiography in many patients.