How to Use cardiac catheterization in a Sentence

cardiac catheterization

noun
  • For decades, cardiac catheterization has spared many the trauma of open heart surgery.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Another 27 minutes passed until Armstrong was taken to the cardiac catheterization lab to drain the blood from the sac.
    Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 23 July 2019
  • Many of these patients need an immediate procedure and there is no time for the PCR test and in most cases not even a rapid test to be back in time before rushing off to the cardiac catheterization lab.
    Todd S. Purdum, STAT, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The others were treated as many people with abnormal stress tests are now: They were taken to cardiac catheterization labs for angiograms.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • So Hyde was delighted to hear Martinez planned to be back on the job Friday, four days after undergoing a cardiac catheterization.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Soon after, two nurses who normally worked in the cardiac catheterization lab walked into the unit to offer their assistance.
    Sheri Fink, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2020
  • The codes, the paddles, the resuscitation ... after Prior stabilized he had been moved to the cardiac catheterization lab, where four stents were placed to prevent future clotting.
    Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 31 May 2018
  • After the helicopter carrying Simpson landed on the roof of Memorial Hermann, she was rushed to the cardiac catheterization lab.
    Karin Brulliard, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • When an exercise stress test indicates a narrowing, most doctors send patients to a cardiac catheterization lab to look for blockages, Dr. Maron said.
    New York Times, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Martinez underwent a cardiac catheterization this year after a heart scare.
    Nick Schwartz, For The Win, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Previously, residents in and around Cleveland, Texas, had to travel 30 to 40 minutes or further for just about any type of cardiac catheterization procedure.
    Sponsored Content With Emergency Hospital Systems, Houston Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2019
  • That can mean delaying cardiac catheterization or the removal of cancerous tumors.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • According to a release sent Tuesday evening, the change begins Wednesday and affects the hospital’s surgical services, the gastroenterology lab and the cardiac catheterization lab.
    al, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The patient receives medications to relieve pain and anxiety, but remains awake throughout, lying on a table in a room called the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2019
  • That’s why when patients rush to the hospital after a heart attack, medical experts immediately open the arteries using cardiac catheterization or a balloon, or stint.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2022
  • The cardiac catheterization lab uses diagnostic imaging equipment to examine and treat heart disease.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 3 May 2021
  • But that hospital, capable of doing cardiac catheterization, was on diversion.
    John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Researchers only studied patients who received a cardiac catheterization, a minimally invasive procedure commonly done to search for blockages in the heart's arteries.
    Marshall Cohen, CNN, 9 July 2020
  • While elective procedures like cataract removal and cardiac catheterization can often be medically necessary, there is a yawning gray zone in which these procedures get done for tenuous indications—as my former colleagues illustrated.
    Danielle Ofri, Slate Magazine, 2 Aug. 2017

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