How to Use catheterization in a Sentence

catheterization

noun
  • The fact that, during the catheterization, the artery looked normal would mean that the spasm had relaxed and the artery reopened.
    New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • It’s all done with needles, one in the groin and another in the foot, and catheterization, the use of a flexible tube, Shishehbor said.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • More catheterizations than are conceivable to the male mind.
    Glenn Garvin, miamiherald, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Ford said her son had a heart condition and required catheterization in his late 20s.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • He was taken into a catheterization lab and then to an operating room, The New York Times report says.
    Rebekah Riess and Hollie Silverman, CNN, 24 July 2019
  • He was rushed into the cardiac catheterization lab, where the doctors found blockages, and from there into surgery for an open-heart triple bypass procedure the same day.
    Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 12 June 2017
  • Then in 2008, the health system was rocked by scandal when a catheterization lab nurse was caught stealing patients’ fentanyl and replacing it with saline.
    Andy Marso, kansascity, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Her sister, Zyniya, who is now 10, knows how to properly clean up after a catheterization, how to change a diaper, how to buckle her into the car.
    Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
  • In the catheterization lab, her coronary arteries were clean.
    Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2020
  • Because Backus doesn’t have a catheterization lab, doctors called Hartford Hospital and asked to transfer her there.
    Dave Altimari and Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2023
  • There, the victim was sent to the catheterization laboratory for evaluation and fitted with a stent, Mehling said.
    John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2018
  • One of them was nurse Jeffrey Roussel, who works in the catheterization laboratory.
    Emily Woodruff, NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The hope is that those first responders can more quickly identify larger clots that may require catheterization.
    Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2017
  • Radial access for catheterization has moved much more quickly in Europe, China and other parts of Asia.
    Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • Their goal: to get a patient into a catheterization lab to insert a stent - a tiny expandable metal mesh coil that once in place will keep an artery open - within 90 minutes of experiencing symptoms.
    Ken Budd, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
  • One disorder, called single-ventricle disease, can lead to scarring in the liver and abnormal flow in the lymphatic system, which can be treated with a catheterization.
    Tom Avril, Philly.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • In the cardiac-catheterization lab, a cardiologist fed a narrow tube through a blood vessel and injected a dye to illuminate the arteries supplying her heart.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 17 Aug. 2017
  • No recommendation for catheterization or any other heart procedure was made, the official said.
    Simone Preissler Iglesias, Bloomberg.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Shah’s testing starts with an invasive angiogram, also called catheterization, which reveals major blockages.
    Peggy McCarthy, Hartford Courant, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Ambulances with heart patients were being diverted because the facility's catheterization lab was down, the person posted.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Early treatment with clot-buster medications or a trip to the catheterization laboratory is critical.
    Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The new hospital also features advanced surgical suites and a catheterization laboratory with imaging equipment used in cardiac care.
    Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Examples might include an endoscopy or a heart catheterization that is not expected to involve significant hospital recovery time, Stack said Monday.
    Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Some of the innovations added in the expansion include a giant robotic machine that allows for magnetic resonance imaging during brain surgeries and hybrid rooms for cardiac patients that convert from catheterization labs to operating rooms.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Although most people have a good outcome, some people have worsening of symptoms after surgery, requiring intermittent or permanent catheterization.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2021
  • His specialty was cardiology with a sub-specialty in cardiac catheterization.
    Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 14 June 2017
  • More calcification gradually developed, and was found over much of the surface of Steele's heart when emergency surgery was performed after a physician accidentally perforated his heart during a catheterization in February.
    Marilynn Marchione, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2017
  • When patients enter a hospital during a heart attack, some are immediately taken to a catheterization laboratory, said Robert Yeh, an interventional cardiologist and co-author of the study.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
  • However, catheterization technique needs to be meticulous to avoid introducing bacteria.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The 86-bed facility includes emergency department services, operating rooms, catheterization labs, an intensive care unit, diagnostic services and imaging.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 13 Mar. 2023

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