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Coronary angiography. American Heart Association website. Available at:
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11222. Accessed July 24, 2003.
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003876.htm
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http://www.mayoclinic.org/heartcatheterization-jax/index.html. Accessed July 24, 2003.
Last reviewed March 2008 by J. Peter Oettgen, MD. Animation scheduled for full update. Updated animation will include: 1) At the beginning, when it is stated that the patient is placed on a table for the procedure, there will be a statement that many patients experience some back discomfort from lying on the table at the end of the procedure. 2) Will indicate that many patients will end up undergoing a procedure at the end of the catheterization based on the results of the angiogram.
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