| cardiac catheterization |
Passage of a catheter into the heart through a vein or artery, under x-ray control, used to diagnose cardiac abnormalities.
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| cardiac catheterization |
Passage of a small tube (catheter) through a vein in the arm, leg, or neck into the heart.
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| cardiac catheterization |
A diagnostic procedure during which a small tube, or catheter, is threaded into the arteries around the heart.
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| cardiac catheterization |
An imaging process of examining the heart by introducing a thin tube (catheter) into a vein or artery and passing it into the heart to sample oxygen and measure blood pressure.
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| cardiac catheterization |
A series of invasive examinations of the heart, typically including detail pressure measurements within the heart chambers, x-ray photographs (angiograms) of the pumping chambers and the coronary arteries, and the calculation of certain values based on these studies. The cardiac catheterization report is a summary of many different normal and abnormal states affecting the patient. ...
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