Cardiac catheterization

Alternative names:

catheterization - cardiac; heart catheterization

Normal values:

Normal heart size, normal heart motion and thickness, normal heart blood supply, and normal heart pressures are normal.

What abnormal results mean:

Cardiac defects or disease may be present, such as coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, ventricular aneurysms or enlargement.

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

• primary pulmonary hypertension
• pulmonary valve stenosis
• pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
• tetralogy of Fallot
• transposition of the great vessels
• tricuspid regurgitation
• ventricular septal defect