Examine: Observe carefully and carefully someone or something to

know their characteristics or qualities, or their status

Cardiac: It is a muscular organ present in all vertebrate animals and

in some invertebrates, whose function is to pump blood to different
parts of the body.

Heart: Central organ of blood circulation, which in lower animals is

the simple dilation of a vessel and in the upper part is muscular,
contractile, and has two, three or four cavities.

Disease: Mild or severe alteration of the normal functioning of an

organism or of some of its parts due to an internal or external
cause

Muscle: Organ or mass of tissue composed of fibers that, through

contraction and relaxation, serves to produce movement in man
and animation

Procedure: Method or way of processing or executing a thing

Pressure: it is the pressure exerted by the blood against the wall of

the arteries

Blood: Blood is living tissue. The liquid part, called plasma, contains
water, sales and proteins

Injected: is the introduction of medication or biological products to

the site of action by puncture in different tissues of the body by
means of a syringe and a hypodermic or injection needle
X-rays: they are a type of radiation called electromagnetic waves.
The ray images show the inside of your body in different shades of
black and white

Arteries: It is each of the vessels that carry blood with oxygen from
the heart to the capillaries of the body

Develop: Make a thing or person go through a series of successive

states, so that it grows, increases or progresses

Problems: Is a problem related to a state or process related to

health, manifested by a person, a family or a community

Group 10-12: What is cardiac catheterization?

Cardiac catheterization (cardiac cath or heart cath) is a procedure

to examine how well your heart is working. A thin, hollow tube
called a catheter is inserted into a large blood vessel that leads to
your heart. View an illustration of cardiac catheterization.

Quick facts

Cardiac cath is performed to find out if you have disease of the

heart muscle, valves or coronary (heart) arteries.

During the procedure, the pressure and blood flow in your heart
can be measured.

Coronary angiography (PDF) is done during cardiac catheterization.

A contrast dye visible in X-rays is injected through the catheter. X-
ray images show the dye as it flows through the heart arteries. This
shows where arteries are blocked.

The chances that problems will develop during cardiac cath are low.