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Right heart catheterization
Allows us to measure the pulmonary pressures andcarciac out put.
Dr. Mark Rasak reviewed this
35 year experience in Cardiology
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A 46-year old asked:
Right heart catheterization test procedure?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: right heart catheterization?
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A 19-year old female asked:
When will the doctor order right heart catheterization to diagnose pulmonary HTN?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Have cellulitis in upper right thigh following a heart catheterization. Swelling with no redness is still getting worse following IV antibiotics?
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A 48-year old asked:
I'm wondering how serious is a heart catheterization?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Who is the best person to read Heart catheterization films ( CD ) not the reports? I am seeking a second opinion. which exact specialty or sub specialty?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is it normal to be awake during catheterization for the heart?
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A 43-year old asked:
Why do some people need a heart catheterization?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is it true that a heart catheterization procedure is dangerous?
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A 57-year old female asked:
I just had heart catheterization done n it shows a PDA moderate to latge with a very small posterolateral system. Help..What is the system thing?
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A 17-year old female asked:
My heart randomly beats really fast and it hurts I have tetralogy of fallop(tof) what doesit mean or why does it cause it ? I had catheterization surge
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A 36-year old male asked:
What are the risks of doing a Heart Catheterization if the arteries turns out to be normal? can you still die from the procedure?
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A 41-year old male asked:
Other than a cardiac catheterization.....is there another way to really see blockages in and around the heart? If so what are the options?
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A 49-year old male asked:
I had a heart catheterization approximately two years ago. I continue to struggle with diabetes and hypertension (188/115) has been normal lately. W?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Echocardiography 2months ago. estimated LVEF was 60%. The heart catheterization a month later estimated it at (About 50%).what does dr mean by (about 50) is it 49. and is the heart function impaired?
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A 48-year old asked:
Hoping you can tell me, is heart catheterization procedure dangerous?
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A 29-year old asked:
Why do doctors give people mucomyst (acetylcysteine) before heart catheterization?
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A 33-year old asked:
Is it possible to have heart catheterization that left a knot or lump in the groin area?
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A 35-year old male asked:
heart catheterization report say : minimal coronary artey disease, 50% diagonal small branch. Ejection Fraction 55%. what does it mean ?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is groin/leg pain a few days after a heart catheterization common?
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A 67-year old female asked about a 67-year old female:
Is a stress test or heart catheterization worse to have for someone that has CHF?
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A 42-year old asked:
For what reason would a doctor delay or postpone a left sided heart catheterization for 3 days?
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A 19-year old female asked about a 67-year old female:
My grandma is 67 y/o and she did a heart catheterization few days ago and her doctor said she need a CABG too can she not do the CABG surgery?
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A 56-year old male asked:
If you scheduled for a heart catheterization and you develop a bladder infection, does it need to heal before the heart catheterization procedure?
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A 19-year old female asked about a 68-year old female:
After 1 week of balloon catheterization of heart my 70 y/o grandma is now having problem with right leg swilling in same leg that she did the catheter?
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A female asked:
What is cardiac catheterization used for? I dont really understand what my doctor told me, so im not sure why im having a cardiac catheterization, except its something with my heart. I tried looking up online, but it talks about angiography and angiop
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A 42-year old female asked:
Pulmonary hypertension in echo, so heart catheterization next. With EDS (weaker collagen)&many vascular symptoms, is the test OK for me? Other option?
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A 41-year old male asked:
My heart doctor wants me to have a Cardiac catheterization after telling him i am having chest pain but i had a nuclear stress test no blockages ?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I am having frequent squeezing sensations in left side of chest, dizziness (to the point of nearly passing out), rapid heart rate, and minor cough. A cardiac catheterization revealed no abnormalities last year. Is it possible I have a-fib or any other abn
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A 39-year old asked:
Cardiology I have been having chest pain on exertion for a couple of years. After a stress test and a cardiac catheterization, the blockage is too small and behind the heart and hard to reach to place a stent. I am on plavix, zocor, (simvastatin) ecotrin,
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