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an angiogram involves the injecting of contrast dye into a vessel (and xrays to see the resulting picture)...artery or vein...it could be anywhere...leg, brain, heart, etc. more specifically, they are called arteriogram and venogram. in a left heart cath, a catheter in threaded to the coronary arteries, usually with a femoral entry site in my ccl, and c. dye is injected/xrays done, allowing visualization of the size/regularity of the vessels. in a right heart cath, a pulmonary artery catheter/swn ganz catheter in threaded via the venous system into the ra/rv/then the pa and wedges in the pa...pressures are checked along the way. a left heart cath does not mean they will go in the left groin or right heart cath...into the right groin. hope this helps...

I agree with you. By the way, the things that drive me nuts most is incorrect spelling. another is nurses using our computer charting system for the dc instructions, but yet will have it print the info "no driving" or "normal diet" in more than one area....why? just because it's an option, doesn't mean it's required. Another is not being familiar with drugs uses/dosages...such as Advair will get put down as BID, but what strength was it? duh... Yes, I'm slightly anal...but only slightly.