 [ Symptoms ] can estrogen pills cause hair loss on your head  i have been taking estradiol estrogen pills for two years my hair has been thinning badly so i got a prescription for transdermal estradiol patches one of the common side effects listed was hair loss but thats what i got the prescription to prevent please help i do not know whether to use the patch to stop my hair loss or stop using estradiol to stop my hair loss [ Disease ] an angiogram cardiac catheterization is a test used to diagnose heart disease during the procedure a catheter is inserted into an artery usually in the leg and contrast dye is injected into the arteries and heart x rays of the arteries and heart are taken