Cardiac Catheterization Procedure

By E. Cochen


Cardiac Catheterization is an essential procedure involving the insertion of a thin flexible tube or catheter into the left or right side of the heart. This process is done for both interventional and diagnostic purposes and this is also done in order to check your heart. Those patients who have heart problems may also need to go through this process to be able to diagnose the causes of their heart conditions. The MRI exam is also one of the most important procedures essential to assess your heart.

Cardiac Catheterization can check the flow of blood of the person in the coronary arteries and the blood pressure and the flow of blood in the heart's chamber. This is also important to discover how well your heart valves are working and to check for some defects in the way that the wall of your heart is moving. The modern technologies also offered a great way for people to understand their illnesses. Instead of opening the chest of the patient just to know if their heart is functioning well, they are using this process to check for some heart issues.

In addition, the Cardiac Catheterization is done to evaluate some issues and heart diseases that may be present at birth. This process involves the insertion of the catheter in your arm or groin's blood vessel. The catheters are then inserted with the use of guidewire that will move towards your heart. Once it is in its proper position, there are also some diagnostic techniques that can be done. The tip of the catheter inserted can also be placed in other parts of your heart in order to measure you're the pressure of your heart chamber.

The Cardiac Catheterization can also be done if you have recently some episode/s of one or more of cardiac symptoms including angina or chest pain, dizziness, fatigue or short of breath. Before your procedure, your doctor will tell you or discuss with you about the procedure and you are also given the opportunity to ask some questions about it. It also is important to tell your doctor if you have some allergies.

The patient is conscious during the whole catheterization process to properly obtain the best and the most essential assessment possible. You will also be injected with a local anesthetic to make you feel relaxed and numb during the whole process. The Cardiac Catheterization is an important process wherein the doctor does not need to open the chest of the patient just to see the condition of the heart. This is also not a surgery, so the healing process will be quite shorter.

When your heart specialist recommends a cardio catheterization, there is actually no need for you to be frightened to wary. This is one of the most preferred and the best ways in order to safely see what is going on in your heart. The cardiac MRI exam may also be taken in order to see if there are some problems found in your heart.




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