Cerebral Angiography Or Arteriography Is A Form of Medical Imaging.

When someone survives a Cerebra Aneurysm rupture, (aka a Brain Injury)one of the things they will have to do is have an occasional angiogram. The purpose of it is to let the doctors check and see if everything is okay. Here is a Wikepida diefinition for that:

Cerebral angiography or arteriography is a form of medical imaging that visualises the arterial and venous supply of the brain. It was pioneered by Dr Egas Moniz in 1927, and is now the gold standard for detecting vascular problems of the brain. Read More here.

Whey you first hear that you will need to go through the Cerebral Angiography it can scare the !@#$%^&* out of you. It did me.

However, it amounts to little more that an inconvience. Your whole day will be pretty much used up lying in a hospital bed with your leg elevated so that the hole created by the doctor heals up.

The procedure takes about an hour or so; 20 minutes of it is taken by a nurse keeping pressure on the puncture spot where the catheter was inserted. Here's the best part. It does not hurt.

The Cerebral Angiography procedure works very well for the survivors of a brain aneurys that is repaired when coils (known as GDCs) are then deployed into the aneurysm to stem the bleeding.

I don't know if a Cerebral angiogram works for those that have to have clips placed at the base, or neck, of the ruptured aneuryms.

That's about it for now. Just remember, having to face a Cerebral Angiography, Or Arteriography, is not that big a deal. Also, it makes for a very interesting show you can watch on the screen as the doctor feeds the wire up through the artery; something you can tell your kids about.

Take care and keep your spirits high.

RT...

Interesting Brain Aneurysm Articles

I came across another good article today in the Wikipedia (an online encyclopedia) on Treatment of Brain Aneurysms. I was extremely lucky in that I didn't need the clipping of the aneurysm. I do have the coils, known as GDCS, they refer to and they do have a tendency to promote a headache every now and again, but I can deal with it.

I didn't get a chance to talk to any of the survivors of the Subarachnoid_Hemorrhage or -SAH- ,while I was in ICU, but I did meet a couple of of survivors that had their skulls split open to clip the ruptured aneurysm. I thank God and my lucky stars that I didn't have to go through that procedure.

Anyhow, the links above go to the Wikipedia site that has some very good information about the dreaded Cerebral Aneurysm, -- Brain Injury --. I'm going to keep this post short because I've had a very long night. Another side effect of the coils is they sometimes produce a sickly feeling head problem. Sort of like having to much cheap wine.

So much for today. Everyone take care and stay healthy.

RT...