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  1. What is coronary angiography?
    Coronary angiography is a method of examining the coronary arteries.

    A radiopaque agent is injected into each coronary artery after the catheter has been inserted into the aorta.

    The examination is done on an empty stomach.

    The duration of the procedure is 20-90 minutes.

    Some patients may experience allergic reactions to the injected chemical.

    #angiography #coronary #Coronaryangiography #myocardialinfarction

  2. On November 29, 1879, Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz was born. He is reknown as the developer of cerebral angiography. Moniz is regarded as one of the founders of modern psychosurgery, having developed the surgical procedure leucotomy — known better today as lobotomy — for which he became the first Portuguese national to receive a Nobel Prize in 1949

    scihi.org/antonio-egas-muniz-c

    #neurology #nobelprize #historyofscience #otd #portugal #angiography #lobotomy