| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,920,120,361 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
transseptal catheterization |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Encyclopedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
catheterization /cath·e·ter·iza·tion/ (kath″ĕ-ter-ĭ-za´shun) passage of a catheter into a body channel or cavity.
cardiac catheterization passage of a small catheter through a vein in an arm or leg or the neck and into the heart, permitting the securing of blood samples, determination of intracardiac pressure, detection of cardiac anomalies, planning of operative approaches, and determination, implementation, or evaluation of appropriate therapy. retrograde catheterization passage of a cardiac catheter against the direction of blood flow and into the heart. transseptal catheterization passage of a cardiac catheter through the right atrium into the left atrium, performed to relieve valve obstruction and in techniques such as balloon mitral valvuloplasty.
transseptal catheterization Cardiology A method used to measure the left atrial and left ventricular pressure and for percutaneous mitral balloon valvoplasty, catheter ablation of accessory–electrical pathways on the left side of the
heart, and for evaluation of complex hemodynamics. See Cardiac catheterization. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Medical Dictionary |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|