ABSTRACT
The ability to see into the living body is perhaps the most historically significant advancement in medical diagnostics, permitting the development of cardiac catheterisation from experimental methodology into an established clinical technique used in the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. This chapter describes the historical and technical evolution of digital angiography over more than 50 years into its modern iteration, today providing high-definition digital images integrated with complementary modalities and analytic tools. This combination provides imaging, monitoring, data analysis, reporting, archiving and networking facilities, with an emphasis on safety, reliability and enhanced workflow capabilities.
