A Procedure that is used to diagnose and treat cardiovascular conditions is called Cardiac Catheterization. It is a procedure used by doctors to see how well your blood vessels supply your heart, and it's working.
A catheter is inserted in an artery or vein in your groin, arm, or neck and threaded through your blood vessels to your heart and will be monitoring everything with the help of a special X-ray machine.
To create the X-ray video of your valves, coronary arteries, and heart chamber, doctors use contrast dye; they inject that into your blood vessel through the catheter.
Uses of Cardiac Catheterization.
Your doctor may use Cardiac Catheterization to find and treat problems, sometimes it is used to check heart diseases such as coronary artery, heart valve disease or disease related to the aorta.
How is it done?
The team of doctors will give you all the instructions about the cardiac procedure and about the Cardiac Catheterization recovery.
⦁ Before starting the test they will give you some medicines which will help you in relax.
⦁ The doctor will also give a small dose of the anesthetic drug to numb the area to insert the catheter.
⦁ A small cut will be made to access an artery, and they will insert a plastic sheath into the cut which will make it easy to insert the catheter.
⦁ During the procedure, you will be awake but won't be feeling any pain because of the drug.
⦁ During the procedure, they will ask you to take some deep breaths or hold your breath or move your arm from one place to another.
Before the test, you can expect these things.
⦁ The doctor will check your blood pressure and will see your pulse report.
⦁ To make sure your bladder is empty you will be asked to use the toilet.
⦁ You need to remove your jewelry and all.
⦁ A pre-op room will be there where you have to wait until it's time for the procedure.
⦁ Someone can be there with You in the Preop Room.
⦁ The doctor will say you do not eat or drink anything before 6-8 hours of the procedure.
What happens after the Cardiac catheterization.
⦁ You will be suggested to spend some hours in the recovery room.
⦁ Once the procedure is done everything will be removed such as plastic sheath Etc.
⦁ You will be shifted to a regular hospital or outpatient room after the recovery room.
⦁ Once they have removed the catheter the nurse will apply pressure to the insertion sites to see if the gron is used and then you have to lie flat for some time after the procedure so you will be safe from any kind of bleeding.
Care and Results in Cardiac Catheterization test.
⦁ Your Doctor will explain and guide you to everything about your results after the test.
⦁ A stent or angioplasty would be needed if your result shows a coronary angiogram.
⦁ Your doctor might suggest coronary bypass surgery, everything depends on your results and the doctor will go with every kind of possible solution for the problem.
⦁ You should follow all the instructions given by your doctor once you reach home.
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