Medical term:

angioscopy



angioscopy

 [an″je-os´kah-pe]
1. use of a fiberoptic angioscope to visualize the lumen of a blood vessel.
2. visualization of capillary blood vessels with a special microscope (angioscope).
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

an·gi·os·co·py

(an'jē-os'kō-pē),
1. Visualization with a microscope of the passage of substances (for example, contrast media, radiopaque agents) through capillaries after intravenous injection.
2. Visualization of the interior of blood vessels, especially the pulmonary arteries, using a fiberoptic catheter inserted through a peripheral artery.
[angio- + G. skopeō, to view]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

angioscopy

(ăn′jē-ŏs′kə-pē)
n.
Visualization of the passage of intravenously injected substances through the capillaries.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

angioscopy

The visualization of a blood vessel lumen with a narrow bore flexible endoscope. See Coronary angioscopy.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

an·gi·os·co·py

(an'jē-os'kŏ-pē)
1. Visualization with a microscope of the passage of substances (e.g., contrast media, radiopaque agents) through capillaries after intravenous injection.
2. Visualization of the interior of blood vessels, especially the pulmonary arteries, using a fiberoptic catheter inserted through a peripheral artery.
[angio- + G. skopeō, to view]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

angioscopy

Direct visual examination of the inside of a blood vessel during life. Modern angioscopes are fine, fibre-optic catheters capable of passing into the coronary arteries so that the state of their inner walls may be ascertained. This procedure, however, is not without risk.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005


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