Cardiologist in Jaipur Dr. Jitendra Singh Makkar, who does the procedure and specializes in heart care treatments, performed the procedure. If a person experiences cardiac arrest, chest pain and abnormal report of the heart through electrocardiogram or exercises stress test, the doctor does the angiography to diagnose the coronary heart disease and coronary microvascular disease. This procedure is usually done by the device cardiac catheterization. With the help of cardiac catheterization cardiologist measures pressure in the heart chambers. During the process, if a doctor detects blockages or narrowed arteries, cardiologist advises the patient to go for coronary angioplasty to improve blood flow to the heart. Delay in coronary angioplasty can be harmful to the patient.

Before starting the process to the patient, Supporting Medical Staff will check the blood pressure, start an intravenous line and also check the blood sugar if the patient is having diabetes. If required doctors prefer to do an electrocardiogram (ECG) also. After doing all these, a mild sedative will be given to the patient for making him relax. For starting the angiography, an area of the body (arm or groin), where the catheter will be inserted, cleaned and numbed with a local numbing medicine, also called anesthetic medicine. The cardiologist passes catheter (a thin hollow tube) through an artery and carefully moves it up into the heart. With the help of X-ray images, the doctor checks the position of the catheter. the doctor will supervise the whole process on a screen. A dye also called contrast material will be injected into the catheter, after placing the catheter in the right place. X-ray images help to see how the dye moves through the artery. The dye helps highlight any blockages in blood flow. The whole procedure takes up to 60 minutes. During the test, The patient can feel the tube move through the blood vessels. After the test, the catheter removed and pressure will be applied at the area, from where the catheter inserted to prevent bleeding. If the catheter is placed in the groin, the patient needs to lie flat for a few hours after the test to prevent bleeding. After this patient can feel mild back discomfort also.