An imaging technique that enables the aorta (the main artery of the body) and its branches to be seen clearly on X-ray film following injection of a contrast medium (a substance that is opaque to X-rays).
Aortography is used if surgery is needed to treat an aneurysm (ballooning of the aorta).
Aortography is the technique of rendering the AORTA visible in an X-ray ?lm by injecting a radio-opaque substance into it. The procedure is used to detect the presence of an ANEURYSM. (See also ANGIOGRAPHY.)
n. imaging of the aorta. In the traditional method a series of X-ray images were taken during the injection of X-ray dye into the aorta via a catheter. This technique has been largely replaced as a primary investigation by other *cross-sectional imaging methods, such as CT aortography and MR aortography.
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