Cath Medical Terminology

Cardiac Catheterization | American Heart Association

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-attack/diagnosing-a-heart-attack/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 …

Cardiac Catheterization | Johns Hopkins …

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/cardiac-catheterization

In cardiac catheterization (often called cardiac cath), your doctor puts a very small, flexible, hollow tube (called a catheter) into a blood vessel in the groin, arm, or neck. …

Cardiac catheterization - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cardiac-catheterization/about/pac-20384695

Cath Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cath

ˈkath. : catheterization. especially : cardiac catheterization. A routine catheterization takes no more than an hour. Allowing for preparation and cleanup time, that means four …