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Arteries in your chest have been X-rayed.

Arteries are blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart. They supply all the tissue in the body with oxygen-rich blood.

To do the examination, a tube was inserted into an artery and pushed to the location to be examined. A contrast agent was injected into you via the tube. The contrast agent enables various tissues to be differentiated more clearly from one another.

An X-ray machine was then used to take images of the arteries in your chest. This enabled the shape and course of the arteries to be viewed on a screen.

Your aortic arch has been examined. The aorta begins at the heart itself. First it runs upwards and then it arches down through the chest to the abdomen. At around the level of the navel, the aorta branches into 2 large blood vessels. These blood vessels first run to the pelvis and then to the legs.