Ventriculogram
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Ventriculogram
A ventriculogram is a test done during cardiac catheterization that evaluates the main pumping chamber of your heart (left ventricle).
During a ventriculogram, your doctor injects a dye into your heart that makes the inside of your heart show up on X-ray. The images are recorded on film or on a computer.
A ventriculogram can show:
- The movement of your heart muscle as your left ventricle fills and pumps blood.
- The size of your left ventricle.
- How efficiently your left ventricle pumps blood (ejection fraction).
- How well blood flows through your heart valves (aortic and mitral valves).
Credits
| Author | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology |
| Last Updated | October 6, 2005 |
| Last updated: | October 06, 2005 |
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| Author: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Reviewed By: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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