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2. Cardiac catheterization - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac catheterization (heart cath) is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart.This is done both for diagnostic and interventional purposes. A common example of cardiac catheterization is coronary catheterization that involves catheterization of the coronary arteries for coronary artery disease and myocardial infarctions ("heart attacks").

3. Coronary catheterization - Wikipedia

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   A coronary catheterization is a minimally invasive procedure to access the coronary circulation and blood filled chambers of the heart using a catheter. It is performed for both diagnostic and interventional (treatment) purposes. Coronary catheterization is one of the several cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures.

4. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   If progression of heart disease is suspected, a stress test will be performed; patients who develop symptoms or show evidence of ischemia in a stress test may undergo diagnostic cardiac re-catheterization. [35] Physical examinations play an important role after PCI-stenting procedures.

5. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Cardiac catheterization. ... Some surgeries, like coronary artery bypass grafting, which reroutes blood flow, are major and involve longer recovery time. Others, like percutaneous coronary ...

6. Daughter thought her mom was having a stroke because of ... - AOL

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   Doctors performed a cardiac catheterization, when doctors feed a tube through a blood vessel to the heart, on her and discovered something worrisome. ... Recovery has been tough at times.

7. Vascular closure device - Wikipedia

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   An external vascular closure device of radial artery following a Cardiac catheterization. The device allows for gradual release of pressure over the puncture site, reducing patient discomfort, until closure is achieved. Prior to the development of VCD's, the main method for closing the femoral artery was manual compression.

8. Off-pump coronary artery bypass - Wikipedia

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   Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB), or beating-heart surgery, is a form of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed without cardiopulmonary bypass (heart-lung machine) as a treatment for coronary heart disease. It was primarily developed in the early 1990s by Dr. Amano Atsushi.

9. Interventional cardiology - Wikipedia

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   Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Andreas Gruentzig is considered the father of interventional cardiology after the development of angioplasty by interventional radiologist Charles Dotter .