Cardiac magnetic resonance, or CMR, imaging is essentially an MRI for your heart. Using powerful magnets, it creates pictures of the coronary arteries and the heart. During this procedure, you’re placed in a chamber and surrounded by a magnetic field. The atoms that comprise the tissues in your body respond to the magnetic force, producing […]
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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 […]