Heart Studies & Tests

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Heart Catheterization

A thin hollow tube called a catheter is inserted through a blood vessel and, under X-ray guidance, threaded to the heart in cardiac catheterization. The catheter can obtain tissue samples of heart muscle that may be damaged, measure the pressure in the heart, or diagnose blood vessel or heart valve disease.

Source: © Heart Rhythm Society

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