How is heart angiography performed by hand? Cardiac angiography is one of the ways to diagnose coronary artery disease. The diagnostic method was first used by a Portuguese physician, Antonyvagamonish, to diagnose diseases of the nervous system such as some tumors. Angiography is used today to diagnose coronary heart disease and coronary artery disease. In fact, angiography is one of the imaging techniques in the medical field, which is used to find out the conditions inside the lumens or vessels. In this method, imaging is done through the injection of a contrast agent. Cardiac angiography is usually performed through the femoral artery in the thigh or radial artery in the hand. How is heart angiography performed by hand? In cardiac angiography by hand, special catheters (flexible and small tubes) are inserted through the radial artery approximately 2 cm above the wrist wrist. It is then directed to the heart through the artery. At this point, the doctor is fully a