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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. Catheter ablation - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac tamponade - Similarly, if greater amounts of fluid accumulate around the heart due to irritation of the heart tissue, it can put pressure on the heart leading to tamponade. This is a serious condition as it affects the heart's ability to pump blood to the body and thus requires immediate intervention.

5. 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 ...

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

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   Heart disease is a type of cardiovascular disease that affects the heart’s structure and function. ... Aortic aneurysms are a serious type of aneurysm because they form in the aorta, the main ...

7. These Are the 4 Stages of Heart Failure - AOL

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   Stage A Defined as: At high risk for heart failure but without structural heart disease (defects in the heart from aging, injury, infection, or heart defect at birth), or symptoms of heart failure.

8. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   The most serious risks are death, stroke, ventricular fibrillation (non-sustained ventricular tachycardia is common), myocardial infarction (heart attack, MI), and aortic dissection. A heart attack during or shortly after the procedure occurs in 0.3% of cases; this may require emergency coronary artery bypass surgery. [13]

9. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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   A coronary stent is a tube-shaped device placed in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, to keep the arteries open in patients suffering from coronary heart disease. The vast majority of stents used in modern interventional cardiology are drug-eluting stents (DES).