Procedure For Cardiac Catheterization And Stent Placement
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Diagnosis
When a patient comes to the hospital with chest pain, the following diagnostic steps are usually taken to determine any heart problems, and, if present, their severity.
- The patient will report all symptoms so that a health professional can rule out either a non-heart problem or possible other serious accompany conditions.
- An electrocardiogram (ECG) reading is taken, which records the waves made the heart. It is the key tool for determining if heart problems are causing chest pain and, if ...
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Health Guide
Cardiac Catheterization: A Patient Guide
What is cardiac catheterization? A diagnostic procedure performed to detect problems with the heart and its blood supply a catheter is inserted into the body through an artery or vein. A catheter is... Read more »Heart Attack Patient Guide, Part I: Symptoms
...heart attack: the following tests and treatments are usually not performed in the emergency room. Cardiac catheterization A thin catheter (plastic tube) is inserted through an artery in the... Read more »Angina Patient Guide: Symptoms & Causes
...similar in terms of symptoms, the definitive diagnosis of atypical angina often requires an angiogram or cardiac catheterization to look for underlying CAD. Sometimes patients with variant angina... Read more »Stress Test: When are Stress Tests Necessary?
...angiogram, in which dye is injected into your arteries and monitored to determine blockages. (See: Cardiac Catheterization: A Patient Guide) If you have a successful test (no abnormal ECG or... Read more »Bypass Surgery Patient Guide: Heart Bypass Information
...that may indicate a cardiovascular problem, your doctor will likely want you to undergo an angiogram (cardiac catheterization) to see if your coronary arteries are blocked by plaque. A blockage... Read more »Images
Related News
Unnecessary Testing?
September 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Hospitals that perform nuclear stress tests on the heart may be wasting time and money. A new study looked at 375 patients who... Read summary »
Best Treatment for Heart Problems
July 09, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Men and women are not the same when it comes how their bodies react to treatments for a heart attack. A new study finds an... Read summary »
Revolutionary Scan for the Heart
July 13, 2007CHARLESTON, S.C. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Each year, 1.5 million Americans receive heart catheterizations. This procedure requires doctors to... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Plavix and prasugrel in cardiac catheterization patients
October 02, 2008This is a study to provide information about the effects of Plavix and prasugrel in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization with percutaneous... Read summary »
Study: Save Limbs With Stents
March 30, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Interventional radiologists are revealing new information about the use of drug-eluting stents used to treat critical limb... Read summary »
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