left heart catheterization

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Interventional cardiology The introduction of a catheter into the aorta, left ventricle and left atrium with cannulation of coronary arteries and bypass grafts. Cf Right heart catheterization.

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Once stable, he underwent left heart catheterization that showed normal epicardial coronary arteries and severe mitral regurgitation.

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