What should I pay attention to during cardiac angiography

The heart is located inside the chest cavity of the body, and its shape and size are almost invisible to the outside world. Therefore, heart disease is difficult to detect, and once the disease occurs, it may take the patient's life at any time. Heart disease needs to be detected in time. Cardiac angiography can accurately detect heart disease, but cardiac angiography technology has advantages and disadvantages, and some matters need to be paid attention to. Let's take a look at the explanation below.

Cardiac angiography is to insert a very thin catheter into your aorta, and then inject contrast agent into the aortic blood through the small hole in the front of the catheter. The X-ray can display the contrast agent flowing along the blood vessels on the display screen to show the shape of the blood vessels and heart. Since cardiac angiography may cause certain harm to the human body, people should give their doctors a detailed explanation of their physical condition, medical history, etc. before undergoing cardiac angiography. This can avoid unnecessary harm and expenses for patients who are not suitable for or do not need cardiac angiography.

1. After cardiac angiography, patients are advised to increase their water intake to promote the excretion of contrast agent in urine and prevent contrast agent-induced kidney damage. In the patient's daily diet, they should pay attention to a low-fat diet and eat more green vegetables, carrots, black fungus, oatmeal, jujube, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. It is better not to consume more than 100 grams of meat a day, and they should strictly avoid smoking and drinking.

2. After the examination, when an equal amount of protamine is used to counteract heparin, it must be diluted and injected slowly to effectively prevent thrombotic complications.

3. After cardiac angiography, the patient needs to lie flat for 12 hours, and the punctured patient's limbs must not move for 12 hours. No sexual intercourse or bathing for one month. Keep your emotions cheerful and stable.

4. Patients should also pay attention to preventing colds and go to the hospital for regular checkups. If you experience symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, cough, abdominal pain, and allergies, contact a doctor immediately for treatment.

5. Cardiac angiography is an important method for diagnosing coronary heart disease. According to the examination results, when the degree of coronary artery stenosis is severe, the patient should consider stent or bypass surgery for blood vessel reconstruction to avoid serious complications.