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Description

Cardiac catheterization (heart cath) is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart. This is done for both investigational and interventional purposes. Coronary catheterization is a subset of this technique, involving the catheterization of the coronary arteries. A small incision is made in a vessel in the groin, wrist or neck area (the femoral vessels or the carotid jugular vessels), then a guidewire is inserted into the incision and threaded through the vessel into the area of the heart that requires treatment, visualized by fluoroscopy or echocardiogram, and a catheter is then threaded over the guidewire. When the necessary procedures are complete, the catheter is removed followed by the guidewire. Occasionally the incision requires a suture or two, but more often just requires a few minutes of pressure with a clean dressing to stop bleeding. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Cardiac catheterization (Wikipedia)

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Cardiac catheterization
Part Type
Method (Describes the method by which the test was performed)
Created On
2000-05-03
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Cardiac Cath

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Tag Language Translation
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) hartkatheterisatie
zh-CN Chinese (China) 心导管插入术
Synonyms: 心导管术;心导管检查
it-IT Italian (Italy) Cateterizzazione cardiaca
de-AT German (Austria) Herzkatheter
Synonyms: Herzkatheter