Cardiac Catheterization-Procedure
Cardiac catheterization will be performed in a sterile Cath lab. The patient will be given a mild sedative, 30 minutes before the procedure. General anesthesia is usually not given; hence the patient can be awake during the procedure.- Effect of Transradial Access on Quality of Life and Cost of Cardiac Catheterization: A randomized Comparison. Christopher J. Cooper, MD, Reda A. El-Shiekh, MD, David J. Cohen, MD, MSc, Linda Blaesing, RN, Mark W. Burket, MD, Asish Basu, MD, etal. Am Heart J 138(3):430-436, 1999.
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- Information About Cardiac catheterization - (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003419.htm)
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