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Then the doctor will make a small cut over the femoral artery in the upper part of the leg.
A special needle is then inserted into the artery itself.
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On the day of your operation, you will be asked to put on a surgical gown.
You may receive a sedative by mouth and an intravenous line may be put in.
You will then be transferred to the operating table.
To begin, your leg and groin are swabbed with an antiseptic solution.
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Your doctor has recommended that you undergo a cardiac catheterization. But what does that actually mean?
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CHICAGO (Reuters Health), Dec 9 - Use of “an angled gantry approach,” or “angled axial image acquisition” during coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography significantly reduces the amount of radiation delivered to breast tissue, radiologists from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia reported Thursday at the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 26 - Although MDCT angiography can accurately assess the presence and severity of coronary disease and identify patients who will require revascularization, its relatively low negative and positive predictive values mean that it cannot yet replace conventional angiography.
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