Cardiac catheterization Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Cardiac catheterization.

  • 2 Encyclopedia Articles

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The Cardiac catheterization Study Pack contains:

Encyclopedia Articles (2)

845 words, approx. 3 pages
Heart Catheterization Heart catheterization (also called cardiac catheterization) is a diagnostic procedure that carefully examines how the heart and its blood vessels function. One or more catheters ... Read more
375 words, approx. 2 pages
Catheter, Cardiac The first practical system for cardiac catheterization—passing a tube through a vein into the heart--was devised by physician Werner Forssmann (1904-1979) in 1929. Some earlier... Read more