Right heart ventriculography

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Alternative Names

Angiography - right heart


Normal Values

See Swan-Ganz catheterization.


What abnormal results mean
  • Abnormal connections between the right and left side of the heart
  • Abnormalities of the right atrium, such as atrial myxoma (rarely)
  • Abnormalities of the valve on the right side of the heart
  • Abnormal pressures or volumes
  • Weakened pumping function of the right ventricle (this could be due to many causes)


Review Date: 05/22/2010
Reviewed By: Issam Mikati, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Director, Northwestern Clinic Echocardiography Lab, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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