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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Left heart catheterization involves insertion of catheters into the left ventricle to interogate that filling pressures of the left heart. Left heart catehterization is used to diagnose and assess the severity of aortic stenosis, aortic insufficiency, mitral stenosis, and mitral insufficiency. | Left heart catheterization involves insertion of catheters into the left ventricle to interogate that filling pressures of the left heart. Left heart catehterization is used to diagnose and assess the severity of [[aortic stenosis]], [[aortic insufficiency]], [[hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy]], [[mitral stenosis]], and [[mitral insufficiency]]. | ||
==Assessment of the Aortic Valve== | ==Assessment of the Aortic Valve== | ||
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*[[Mitral stenosis cardiac catheterization]] | *[[Mitral stenosis cardiac catheterization]] | ||
*[[Mitral regurgitation cardiac catheterization]] | *[[Mitral regurgitation cardiac catheterization]] | ||
[[Category:Cardiology]] | [[Category:Cardiology]] | ||
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Revision as of 02:17, 6 September 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Left heart catheterization involves insertion of catheters into the left ventricle to interogate that filling pressures of the left heart. Left heart catehterization is used to diagnose and assess the severity of aortic stenosis, aortic insufficiency, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, mitral stenosis, and mitral insufficiency.