A small, preliminary study of unselected patients undergoing right heart catheterization suggests that it may be possible to offer patients an effective, radiation-free alternative to the traditional ...
TRANSIENT arrhythmias are frequently encountered during catheterization of the right side of the heart. 1 They occur most frequently during manipulation of the catheter in the atrium as isolated ...
The placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter allows specialists to diagnose or test for major heart issues without requiring you to undergo major surgery. Usually, it’s a diagnostic tool for people in ...
Marius Berman, Deepa Gopalan, Linda Sharples, Nick Screaton, Caroline Maccan, Karen Sheares, Joanna Pepke-Zaba, John Dunning, Steven Tsui, David P. Jenkins Pulmonary ...
Interv Cardiol. 2013;5(3):335-344. In the authors' experience, CT-overlay can be particularly useful in patients presenting for paravalvular leak closure or pulmonary vein stenting. With accurate ...
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Once the end of the catheter is inside the heart, a small surgical tool on its tip is used to perform the actual cardiac surgery. One problem lies in the fact that if the catheter is narrow enough to ...
Cardiac tamponade occurs when a pericardial effusion exerts a significant amount of pressure externally on the heart, resulting in impaired right ventricular filling eventually causing decreased ...