Left heart catheterization

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Cardiac catheterization

Left heart catheterization

Catheterization - left heart

Normal heart size, normal heart motion and thickness, normal heart blood supply (if coronary angiography is also performed), normal heart pressures are found.

Cardiac defects or disease may be present. These could include

• Coronary artery disease
• Valvular heart disease (see below)
• Ventricular aneurysms
• Enlargement of the heart .

Additional conditions for which the test may be performed include:

• Aortic insufficiency
• Aortic stenosis
• Acute mitral regurgitation
• Mitral stenosis

Review Date: 11/06/2006
Reviewed By: Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.