In Popular Culture
The horror movie The Exorcist (1973) featured a scene in which the protagonist, a young girl, is subjected to carotid angiography. The scene was portrayed accurately by medical personnel—rather than actors—who regularly performed the procedure in real life. Although the movie as a whole is often cited as one of the most frightening motion pictures of all time, this angiography scene was the scene most likely to upset audiences, according to the director, William Friedkin.
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