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Cardiac catheter

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cardiac catheter
n.
A long, fine catheter that can be passed into the chambers of the heart via a vein or artery as a means of withdrawing samples of blood, measuring pressures within the heart's chambers or great vessels, or injecting contrast media. Also called intracardiac catheter.
Cardiac catheter
Long, thin, flexible tube that is threaded into the heart through a blood vessel.
Mentioned in: Electrophysiology Study of the Heart
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