Pharmacoangiography

Abstract

The reaction of arteries to such drugs as epinephrine has been studied in the past by plethysmography of extremities and by low-power microscopy of extruded mesentery, but the physical limitation of such methods restricted the anatomic sites that could be investigated. The advent of catheterization of blood vessels under fluoroscopic control made it possible to use selective arteriography for such work. This field has come to be known as pharmacoangiography.