A Cardiac CT scan combines x-rays of thin cross-sections of your heart in order to create a 3D image. A contrast dye is injected, and you are placed onto a table that gradually moves you through a CT machine. While you travel through the machine, a rotating x-ray tube takes the images of your heart. […]
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Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac catheterization is a non-surgical procedure performed in a cath lab that allows healthcare providers to test for and treat the coronary arteries and heart. This procedure usually takes about an hour or two and requires a limited stay in the hospital. What happens in the cath lab: Catheter placement. A catheter, a thing tube, is […]