Cardiac catheterization is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart. It is performed both for diagnostic and interventional purposes.
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Cardiac catheterization is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart.
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Clinical application of cardiac catheterization begins with Dr. Werner Forssmann in 1929, who inserted a catheter into the vein of his own forearm, guided it fluoroscopically into his right atrium, and took an X-ray picture of it.
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Who performed the first cardiac catheterization, and how
Dr. Werner Forssmann performed it on himself in 1929, threading a catheter from a vein in his own forearm into his right atrium.
Cardiac catheterization is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart, performed both for diagnostic and interventional purposes. Its clinical application began with Dr. Werner Forssmann in 1929, who inserted a catheter into a vein in his own forearm, guided it fluoroscopically into his right atrium, and took an X-ray picture of it.
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