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In reply to the discussion: Cardiac imaging? [View all]

mitch96

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7. Last I looked the Rad does not do the CT/MRI the tech does..
Tue Dec 1, 2020, 04:12 PM
Dec 2020

When the exam is finished the tech sends the images off to the Rad to read. Don't believe the TV machine showing the MD's doing the CT or MRI.. That never happens...
Some special trained radiologist called interventional Radiologist do the angiograms. An arch aortagram is a easy proceedure. Depends on the politics of the hospital who does what. At some of the places I worked the cardiologist did the aorta gram and the Rad reads it. Double dipping if you will. Other places the Rad did the aorta gram and read it also.
Who ever does it, you want the person with the most experience sticking a 18g needle in your groin and nailing it first time. From there it's pretty easy to snake it up, pop squirt and take a pic...
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