Current experience with digital subtraction angiography in the community medical center.
At the community medical center, we have introduced and successfully applied digital subtraction angiography (DSA) to disease processes seen in 1,144 patients. Although there is a trade-off between increased contrast resolution and decreased spatial resolution with the DSA approach, nonetheless in many vascular beds it provides rapid, safe, and accurate disease diagnosis.
D000790:Angiocardiography; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003201:Computers; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging