What Is a Cardiac Catheterization? A cardiac catheterization is a procedure that cardiologists (heart doctors) do. They put a catheter (a long, thin tube) into a blood vessel, then guide it the heart.

During a cardiac catheterization, doctors use a thin, flexible tube — called a catheter — to reach the left or right side of the heart. From there, your doctor collects blood samples and measures ...

Following cardiac catheterization, patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have a higher risk of short-term mortality than patients with non-STEMI (NSTEMI), who have a ...

Rather than a large cut (incision) on the chest from open-heart surgery, children having cardiac catheterization need only a tiny cut where doctors put in the catheter. There are 2 main reasons ...

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine 330 Brookline Ave. A diagnostic cardiac catheterization allows interventional cardiologists to test your heart muscle and the arteries that keep it supplied with ...

Chest pains, heart flutters, heart attack-- they are the signposts of heart troubles. In the past, such symptoms might mean a treadmill stress test or a cardiac catheterization to diagnose the ...

The details that doctors gather during the procedure help them plan the best timing for heart surgery, the steps of the operation itself and the care a child will need after. Doctors also use ...

Dr. Grant Burch is one of our two heart catheterization specialists. Both he and Dr. Laurie Armsby (not shown) have advanced training and extensive experience using minimally invasive procedures to ...

An assessment was made of cardiac function by means of right heart catheterization before and immediately after conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in 11 studies on 10 human subjects.

Exclusion of acute myocardial infarction preoperatively, particularly in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, is an important requirement for optimal results following coronary ...