title: Improving coronary angiograms.
abstract: Coronary angiography is an important procedure, and the best quality radiographs possible are essential to accurate diagnosis. Aside from the technical factors necessary to produce good images, the ability of the patient to breathe properly greatly influences the radiographic outcome. The breathing technique described here has been found effective, and teaching patients how to do it is an integral part of the technologist's role in the examination.
mesh_terms: D001945:Breathing Exercises; D002932:Cineangiography / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D012119:Respiration