cardiac catheterization
noun
: a medical procedure in which a thin, flexible catheter is inserted through an artery or vein (as of the arm or leg) and passed into the heart for the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions
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So his doctors eventually resorted to using cardiac catheterization, which involved threading a catheter through his blood vessels near his heart to dissolve the blood clot from the inside, Tapadia said.
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Sonia Heng, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Prewitt regained consciousness some 24 hours later, following CPR, a dozen defibrillator shocks and a transfer to Cleveland Clinic facility with a cardiac catheterization laboratory.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
The center’s specialists will include physicians with expertise in heart failure, electrophysiology, cardiac catheterization and structural heart problems.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
The medical team subsequently discovered an 80 percent artery blockage — this time caused by cholesterol — and inserted another stent in her heart to open the blockage after she was rushed to the cardiac catheterization lab.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
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Sonia Heng, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
Prewitt regained consciousness some 24 hours later, following CPR, a dozen defibrillator shocks and a transfer to Cleveland Clinic facility with a cardiac catheterization laboratory.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
The center’s specialists will include physicians with expertise in heart failure, electrophysiology, cardiac catheterization and structural heart problems.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
The medical team subsequently discovered an 80 percent artery blockage — this time caused by cholesterol — and inserted another stent in her heart to open the blockage after she was rushed to the cardiac catheterization lab.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
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cardiac catheterization
noun
: a medical procedure in which a thin, flexible catheter is inserted through an artery or vein (as of the arm or leg) and passed into the heart for the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions
Hemodynamic measurements during cardiac catheterization may be necessary to diagnose constrictive pericarditis if noninvasive methods, such as echocardiography or pericardial imaging, are not conclusive.—Andrew Wang and Thomas M. Bashore, The New England Journal of Medicine
Andrew Wang and Thomas M. Bashore, The New England Journal of Medicine
cardiac catheter
noun
… may be repaired without open-heart surgery through the use of an umbrella-like device that is placed in the heart by a cardiac catheter.
—Andrew Skolnick, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Andrew Skolnick, The Journal of the American Medical Association
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