Diagnostic catheterization
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Broader Terms
cardiovascular disorder diagnosis, catheterization
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Scope Note
use or insertion of a tubular device into a duct, blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity for injecting or withdrawing fluids for diagnostic purposes.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- : The mortality of diagnostic catheterization is very low but still exists.
- Rates of “Normal” Cardiac Catheterizations The frequency of normal hemodynamic and angiographic findings at diagnostic catheterization is a function of the pretest likelihood of disease and the physician’s clinical acumen.
- Diagnostic catheterization is performed by Drs.
- Comparative Data Comparative data for diagnostic catheterization is available from a registry supported by the national Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention.
- If the diagnostic catheterization is done within 30 days of the PCI, it is usually not necessary to repeat the catheterization unless there is a documented change in the patients condition or outside films accompanying the patient on transfer are of insufficient quality to make the decision.
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