Cardiac Catheterization

What is cardiac catheterization?

Cardiac catheterization is a surgical procedure which is done with a thin and flexible catheter guiding through a blood vessel to the heart for diagnosing and treating heart conditions like irregular heartbeats and blocked arteries. This procedure provides the appropriate information about the heart muscle, heart blood vessels, and heart valves to the doctors. The healthcare professional can initiate different heart tests during the procedure, and can offer treatment, or initiate heart tissue removal for evaluation. With cardiac catheterization, the doctors can offer treatments for heart diseases such as coronary stenting and coronary angioplasty.