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Is cardiac catheterization intrusive?
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Yes: Yes it is invasive; a needle stick into an artery is exchanged for a wire over which a catheter is placed and pushed up the aorta to the heart
Answered 10/20/2019
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Yes: It's an invasive procedure in which a catheter (small tube) is inserted in an artery (blood vessel) in your wrist or groin, then fed backwards to your heart in order to take pictures of the heart arteries.
Answered 4/2/2020
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