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  2. Transradial catheterization - Wikipedia

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    Endovascular procedure can be performed achieving access in to body’s arterial system from either femoral artery (in groin), brachial artery (in elbow) or radial artery in the wrist. The transfemoral (through groin) approach to perform cardiac catheterization has typically been more prevalent in invasive cardiology.

  3. 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").

  4. Angiography - Wikipedia

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    An incision is made in the groin, wrist, or arm, and a catheter is inserted into the artery through it. An X-ray is used to guide the catheter to the area of blockage. A dye is inserted through the catheter to make the places of blockage visible. When the catheter is in position, a thin wire with a balloon is guided to the place of blockage.

  5. Radial artery - Wikipedia

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    The radial artery arises from the bifurcation of the brachial artery in the antecubital fossa.It runs distally on the anterior part of the forearm. There, it serves as a landmark for the division between the anterior and posterior compartments of the forearm, with the posterior compartment beginning just lateral to the artery.

  6. Coronary catheterization - Wikipedia

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    Angiography (left) and CT (middle and right) of chronic total occlusion lesions at the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and right coronary artery (RCA). CT angiography can act as a less invasive alternative to Catheter angiography. Instead of a catheter being inserted into a vein or artery, CT angiography involves only the ...

  7. Right coronary artery - Wikipedia

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    In the blood supply of the heart, the right coronary artery (RCA) is an artery originating above the right cusp of the aortic valve, at the right aortic sinus in the heart. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It travels down the right coronary sulcus , towards the crux of the heart .

  8. Arterial line - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of an arterial catheter inserted in the left radial artery and covered with a dressing Arterial catheter (Seldinger technique) Arterial catheter (Punktion technique) An arterial line (also art-line or a-line ) is a thin catheter inserted into an artery .

  9. Anatomy of the human heart - Wikipedia

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    The heart is a muscular organ situated in the mediastinum.It consists of four chambers, four valves, two main arteries (the coronary arteries), and the conduction system. The left and right sides of the heart have different functions: the right side receives de-oxygenated blood through the superior and inferior venae cavae and pumps blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery, and the left ...