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Article: Principles of Cardiac Catheterization.
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- Radiologic Technology
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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Cardiac catheterization in humans was developed more than 50 years ago and has since evolved through many phases.[1] Today, it is one of the most common invasive procedures in the United States, with more than 1.5 million cardiac catheterizations performed each year. More than 80% of these procedures are performed to evaluate or diagnose known or suspected heart disease.[2,3]
The first cardiac catheterization reportedly was performed in 1844 in a horse. Claude Bernard inserted a mercury thermometer into the animal's carotid artery, advancing it through the aortic valve and into the left ...