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What are normal results from a cardiac catheterization?
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Normal findings from a cardiac catheterization will indicate no abnormalities of heart chamber size or configuration, wall motion or thickness, the direction of blood flow, or motion of the valves.
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Why is the medication heparin sometimes administered prior to a left-side cardiac catheterization?
Before left-side catheterization is performed, the anticoagulant medication heparin may be administered. This drug helps decrease the risk of the development of a blood clot in an artery and blood clots traveling throughout the body.
What are the normal results of endorectal ultrasound?
Normal results after an endorectal ultrasound are normal, healthy tissues
What conditions indicate the need for a cardiac catheterization?
Congenital heart defects, or heart problems that originated from birth; a diagnosis of valvular-heart disease; a need to measure the heart muscle's ability to pump blood.
What blood measurements are taken of the left ventricle during a cardiac catheterization?
A comparison of how much blood is ejected from the heart's left ventricle during its contraction phase with a measurement of blood remaining at the end of the left ventricle's relaxation phase.
What conditions may produce inaccurate results from a cardiac blood pool scan?
The accuracy of the results may be affected if the patient moves during imaging, has had other recent nuclear scans, or has an irregular heartbeat.
What are two cardiac catheterization procedures?
Balloon atrial septostomy and balloon valvuloplasty are cardiac catheterization procedures.
What has the author William Grossman written?
William Grossman has written: 'Cardiac catheterization and angiography' -- subject(s): Angiocardiography, Cardiac catheterization, Heart Catheterization
Do you capitalize cardiac catheterization laboratory?
When it is used as a name of laboratory the n it is capitalized. It should be --- Cardiac Catheterization laboratory.
What are the normal results of female catheterization?
A catheterization program that includes correctly inserted catheters and is appropriately maintained will usually control urinary incontinence.
What has the author Charles E Mullins written?
Charles E. Mullins has written: 'Cardiac catheterization in congenital heart disease' -- subject(s): Cardiac catheterization, Cardiac catheterization in children, Congenital Heart Defects, Congenital heart disease in children, Diagnosis, Heart Catheterization, Methods, Surgery, Therapy
What kind of catheter is used in a cardiac catheterization?
In cardiac catheterization, a long, fine catheter is used for passage through a blood vessel into the chambers of the heart.
What significance do high pressure readings from a cardiac catheterization have?
Pressure readings that are higher than normal are significant for a patient's overall diagnosis.
What are the normal results of male catheterization?
A catheterization program that includes correctly inserted catheters and is appropriately maintained will usually control urinary incontinence. Asceptic technique important.
What region of the heart can be checked by a cardiac catheterization?
A test that can be performed on either side of the heart, cardiac catheterization checks for different functions in both the left and right sides.
What is it called when blood is withdraw from the heart chambers?
cardiac catheterization
What Test is perform after a heart attack?
Cardiac catheterization or an Angiography
What do smooth and regular outlines on the X-ray from a cardiac catheterization indicate?
Smooth and regular outlines on the x ray indicate normal coronary arteries.
